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Contrada: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Luigi Bruno 1, Contrada.

Contrada, hill village just outside Avellino

Contrada is a small hill municipality a short distance from Avellino. It is close enough to work almost as an outer neighbourhood of the provincial capital, yet small enough to keep the look of a village. The centre lies at around 400 metres among woods, hazel groves and houses spread along the roads climbing from the valley.

People looking for a house here usually work in Avellino or nearby and want a detached home with a bit of land. Newer homes are villas and small blocks of flats, while the old core has stone buildings that deserve a closer look. On sloping roads and plots, the report reads elevation, gradient and the official landslide maps for the individual plot, rather than generalising about the whole village.

The population is younger than the provincial average. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,917 residents in 2023, down 2.9% since 2011, a modest fall for inland Irpinia. The mean age is 44.6 against 46.2 in the province, and those over 65 make up 21.0%, below the provincial 23.9%. Households average 2.56 people.

Contrada is in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.174 g; every municipality in the province of Avellino is in zone 1 or 2. Before buying, ask for the year of construction, any structural work carried out and the paperwork for it. In climate zone D, winters are cool but milder than in the mountains nearby.

Key points

  • Hill village close to Avellino, at around 400 metres
  • Mean age 44.6, younger than the province
  • 2,917 residents, households of 2.56
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.174 g

Overview

Contrada is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,917 residents, ranked 38 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Contrada is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.174 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Contrada, 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Contrada declared an average taxable income of 17,536 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Contrada is in climate zone D, with 1,919 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 420 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Contrada has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.

There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 9.5% of the land in Contrada, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Contrada. 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 Contrada: 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 Contrada 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 18 inhabited census areas in Contrada. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 65.2%
  • good 34.8%

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

ISTAT code 064029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.