Colle Sannita: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Benevento, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Colle Sannita, the Sannio uplands towards the Fortore
Colle Sannita stands in the inland hills of the province of Benevento, at around seven hundred metres, in the band of uplands running from the Sannio towards the Fortore valley. It is a farming village with a compact centre and many houses scattered through the countryside among wheat fields, pasture and woods. Benevento is the place for hospital care, offices and secondary schools, reached by car along hill roads.
Like many villages in the Campanian Apennines it has lost residents. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 2,156 residents in 2023, down 14.2% from 2,513 in 2011. The average age is 48.3, above 46.5 for the province, and 29.7% are over 65. Foreign nationals are few, at 2.3%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
For buyers, the centre has houses on several levels with thick walls, often needing modernising, while out in the countryside there are rural houses with land. Climate zone E means cold winters for southern Italy, with wind and some snow, so insulation, windows and heating are costs to budget for. Overture Maps data show 5 schools and 1 pharmacy.
Earthquakes are the first thing to check. Colle Sannita is in seismic zone 1, the highest, like 48 of the 78 municipalities in the province of Benevento, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.212 g. For any house, ask for the year of construction and any upgrading work. In the hills the report reads the official landslide maps for the address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.
Key points
- Inland Sannio hills, at about seven hundred metres.
- 2,156 residents, down 14.2% since 2011.
- 29.7% over 65, average age 48.3.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.212 g.
Overview
Colle Sannita is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,156 residents, ranked 36 of 78 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Colle Sannita is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (48 of 78) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.212 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Colle Sannita, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 14.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Colle Sannita declared an average taxable income of 14,654 euros, below the provincial average (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Colle Sannita is in climate zone E, with 2,360 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 729 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Colle Sannita has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.6% of the land in Colle Sannita, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.2 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Colle Sannita, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Colle Sannita: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.
House prices
The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.
Land registry
The cadastral maps for Colle Sannita are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.
Liveability area by area
The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 35 inhabited census areas in Colle Sannita. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.2%
- fair 99.8%
Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out
Data sources
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 062025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.