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Dragoni: what to know before buying a home

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

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Dragoni, the middle Volturno valley

Dragoni is a municipality in the alto Casertano, the northern part of the province of Caserta, spread between the plain of the middle Volturno valley and the hills that close it in, at around 130 metres in the centre. The land is farmed, with arable fields, olive groves and orchards, and the river runs close by. Piedimonte Matese and Alife are the nearby towns for services and schools; Caserta and the motorway are a drive to the south.

Housing is a mix of masonry village houses, often with a courtyard and farm buildings, and detached houses built in recent decades on the edges. Space and land are easy to find. For houses on the lower ground near the Volturno and the irrigation channels, the report reads the official flood maps for the address, which can give very different results a few hundred metres apart.

At the end of 2023 there were 1,929 residents, down 11.0% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The province of Caserta is young, and Dragoni slightly less so: average age 45.5 against 43.1, over-65s at 21.6% against 19.3%. Foreign residents make up 3.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.172 g, a fairly high value. For a house built before recent rules, ask for the year of the design, any structural work done and, for old masonry houses, a survey.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), so the report can link country houses to their land parcel too.

Key points

  • Plain and hills of the middle Volturno valley.
  • Houses with courtyards and land, newer villas on the edges.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.172 g.
  • Population down 11.0% since 2011.

Overview

Dragoni is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,929 residents, ranked 78 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dragoni is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (96 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.172 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Dragoni, 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 11.0%. The estimated average age is 46 years, higher than the province average (43). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dragoni declared an average taxable income of 18,864 euros, below the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dragoni is in climate zone C, with 1,304 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 130 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Dragoni has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 5.5% of the land in Dragoni, compared with 10.5% 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 no contaminated sites in Dragoni.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Dragoni: 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 Dragoni 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 26 inhabited census areas in Dragoni. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 9.2%
  • fair 90.8%

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 061033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.