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Letino: 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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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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Letino.

Letino, high on the Matese above its lake

The lake that shares the village's name is a reservoir on the river Lete, and Letino's houses look down on it from the Caserta side of the Matese massif. By the standards of Campania this is proper mountain country: long winters that often bring snow (climate zone E), beech woods, pastures and land that falls within the Matese Regional Park. A hospital, secondary schools and offices mean a drive down towards the plain.

Most homes on the market are stone buildings in the old village or rural properties scattered across the land. Elevation and slope change from one street to the next, as does the distance from the lake and the streams, so the report measures them at the exact address and checks that point against the official landslide and flood maps.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics institute, counted 628 residents, 87 fewer than the 715 of 2011, a fall of 12.2%. The population is older than in the province of Caserta as a whole: an average age of 49.2 against 43.1, and over-65s at 28.2% against 19.3%. Households average 1.93 people, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Matese is earthquake country. Letino is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 95 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.253 g. With a masonry house, ask what structural work has been carried out and under which permits, then have an engineer look at the walls, floors and roof.

Even for such a small place the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace an address to its land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Mountain village on the Matese, above Lake Letino.
  • 628 residents in 2023, down 12.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 28.2%, against 19.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.253 g.

Overview

Letino is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 628 residents, among the smallest in the province (100 of 104).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Letino 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 0.253 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Letino, 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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (43). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 0.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Letino declared an average taxable income of 15,397 euros, below the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Letino is in climate zone E, with 2,908 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 921 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Letino has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 2.0% of the land in Letino, 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 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 Letino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Letino: 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 Letino 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 Letino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 67.5%
  • good 32.5%

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 061044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.