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Furore: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. 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 della Mola 1, Furore.

Furore, the fjord and the scattered houses of the Amalfi Coast

Furore has no real main square: its houses are scattered down the slope of the Amalfi Coast, from the level of the cultivated terraces right down to the sea, linked by hairpin roads and long flights of steps. Below lies the Fiordo di Furore, the narrow gorge cut by a stream and spanned by the bridge of the coastal road. The Amalfi Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which shows in the landscape protection rules and the restrictions on building work.

Buying here means dealing with access. Many houses can only be reached on foot for the last stretch, parking is scarce, and even a simple renovation costs more to carry out. Before buying, have a surveyor check planning compliance, which is strict on the Amalfi Coast, and ask which works were authorised and which were regularised after the fact under an amnesty (condono).

The population has fallen from 846 to 680 residents in 2023, a drop of 19.6%. The estimated average age is 45.6, almost the same as the 45.2 of the province of Salerno, and over-65s make up 22.5%. There are 22.06 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, against 6.28 in the province: tourism weighs heavily on the local economy.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 42 other municipalities in the province; expected acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.094 g. On such a steep slope the main issues are different: ground stability, retaining walls and drainage. The report checks the address against the official landslide maps and measures the gradient at the exact point.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Furore, and the report traces the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Houses scattered on the Amalfi Coast slope, above the Fiordo.
  • Bars and restaurants: 22.06 per 1,000 residents.
  • 680 residents, down 19.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3; landslides and slope read by address.

Overview

Furore is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 680 residents, ranked 136 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Furore is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 158 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.094 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 19.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Furore declared an average taxable income of 19,645 euros, in line with the province (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Furore is in climate zone D, with 1,543 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 300 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Furore has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 18.6% of the land in Furore, compared with 8.0% 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 Furore.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Furore: 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 Furore 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 5 inhabited census areas in Furore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.3%
  • fair 11.3%
  • good 86.4%

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 065053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.