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Conca Casale: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Isernia, Molise. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Venafro 1, Conca Casale.

Conca Casale, in the mountains around Venafro

In western Molise, around the Venafro plain, the hills rise steeply, covered in woods and pasture. Conca Casale sits in these mountains at around six hundred and fifty metres: a small village with a compact stone centre. Venafro is the town people use for shops, schools and the hospital; Isernia, the provincial capital, is a little further.

The first thing to know is about earthquakes. The whole province of Isernia is in seismic zone 1 or 2 on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department: 32 municipalities are in zone 1, 20 in zone 2. Conca Casale is in zone 2, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.247 g, a high value. Before buying a masonry house, have a structural engineer check how it is built, whether it has been strengthened and what condition the roof and floors are in.

The rest of the picture is that of a small mountain village. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 162 residents, 52 fewer than the 214 of 2011, a fall of 24.3%. Over-65s make up 39.5%, against 27.6% in the province, and the estimated average age is 52.1. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. In climate zone E winters are cold, and the road down to the plain needs thinking about on icy days.

On the slopes the report checks the official landslide maps at the exact address, along with the flood maps. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are available, and the report traces the house to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Mountain village near Venafro, in western Molise.
  • Seismic zone 2, but high expected acceleration: about 0.247 g.
  • 162 residents in 2023, down 24.3% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 39.5%, against 27.6% in the province.

Overview

Conca Casale is a municipality in the province of Isernia, in Molise. At the end of 2023 it had 162 residents, among the smallest in the province (50 of 52).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Conca Casale is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 20 of 52 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.247 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Conca Casale, 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 24.3%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Conca Casale declared an average taxable income of 16,093 euros, below the provincial average (20,102 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Conca Casale is in climate zone E, with 2,246 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 657 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Conca Casale has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.5 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 1.5% of the land in Conca Casale, compared with 3.4% in the province and 4.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 no contaminated sites in Conca Casale.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Conca Casale: 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 Conca Casale 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 6 inhabited census areas in Conca Casale. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 2.9%
  • good 97.1%

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

ISTAT code 094018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.