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Formicola: 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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Formicola, the Trebulani hills inland from Caserta

Formicola is a hill municipality inland in the province of Caserta, on the Monti Trebulani, the small range between the Caserta plain and the Volturno valley. The centre sits below two hundred metres, surrounded by olive groves, fields and wooded slopes, with a few hamlets spread across the land.

For buyers, the choice is between masonry houses in the village and country homes with land. Caserta and Capua are reached by car, and from there the roads to Naples. The village has 17 recorded services: for secondary schools, hospitals and large shops people go to the towns on the plain. Average incomes are below the provincial level.

There are 1,459 residents, slightly down on 2011 (-3.0%). The average age is 44.6 (43.1 for the province) and over-65s make up 21.9%, a little above the provincial average (19.3%). Foreign nationals account for 13.2% of residents, a visible presence in village life.

Formicola is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale (the national emergency agency), like 96 of the 104 municipalities in the province of Caserta, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.131 g. For masonry houses, ask about the year of construction, structural work and paperwork, and check roofs and floors.

On the slopes of the Trebulani the gradient varies a lot from one house to the next. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures the gradient and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hill municipality on the Monti Trebulani, inland from Caserta.
  • 1,459 residents, slightly down since 2011 (-3.0%).
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.131 g.
  • Foreign nationals at 13.2%, average age 44.6.

Overview

Formicola is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,459 residents, ranked 83 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Formicola 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 0.131 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Formicola, 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 13.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Formicola declared an average taxable income of 18,423 euros, below the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Formicola is in climate zone D, with 1,438 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 196 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Formicola has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

There are 2.7 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.1).

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 3.8% of the land in Formicola, 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 Formicola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Formicola: 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 Formicola 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 14 inhabited census areas in Formicola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 25.6%
  • good 73.4%

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 061035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.