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Guardia Lombardi: 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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Guardia Lombardi, a high village in upper Irpinia

On the uplands of upper Irpinia, at around a thousand metres, Guardia Lombardi overlooks an open landscape of hills, wheat fields and pasture. It is a farming village in the Apennines of Campania, far from the cities: Avellino is reached by car, and for many services people turn to the larger towns of the area.

Buyers here will mostly find buildings rebuilt or strengthened in recent decades, along with some older stone houses. The climate is harsh for southern Italy (climate zone E), with cold, windy winters: insulation, windows and the heating system weigh on running costs. On sloping ground, the report checks the gradient, elevation and official landslide maps at the address.

The population has shrunk. According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,501 residents in 2023, down 16.7% since 2011. The average age is 50.0, above 46.2 for the province of Avellino, and over-65s make up 30.4%. Foreign residents account for 5.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The key point for buyers is earthquake risk. Guardia Lombardi is in seismic zone 1, the highest on the Civil Protection Department scale, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.270 g; 58 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. Many houses were rebuilt after the 1980 earthquake: ask for the design date, the structural sign-off and the reconstruction paperwork, and for older buildings get the structure assessed.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the municipality's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Farming village at around a thousand metres in upper Irpinia.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.270 g.
  • Population down 16.7% since 2011.
  • Cold, windy winters: check the insulation.

Overview

Guardia Lombardi is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,501 residents, ranked 73 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Guardia Lombardi is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 58 of 118 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.270 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Guardia Lombardi, 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 16.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Guardia Lombardi declared an average taxable income of 16,302 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Guardia Lombardi is in climate zone E, with 2,686 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 998 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Guardia Lombardi has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

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 4.7% of the land in Guardia Lombardi, 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 low. 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 Guardia Lombardi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Guardia Lombardi: 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 Guardia Lombardi 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 43 inhabited census areas in Guardia Lombardi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 9.4%
  • fair 90.6%

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 064040. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.