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Melito Irpino: 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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For example: Contrada Difesa Grande 1, Melito Irpino.

Melito Irpino, eastern Irpinia towards Ariano

Melito Irpino is a municipality in eastern Irpinia, in the province of Avellino, set in the hills not far from Ariano Irpino. It is surrounded by wheat fields, olive groves and pasture, and most houses were built in recent decades, with wide streets and regular plots rather than the lanes of an old village. Ariano is the reference for secondary schools, the hospital and offices, followed by Avellino and Benevento.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,780 residents in 2023, down 8.1% on 2011. The average age of 46.3 is in line with 46.2 for the province, and over-65s are 24.4%. Foreign residents are few, at 1.2%, and households have 2.29 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers will find detached houses and small blocks of flats, often with a yard or a piece of land. Hill winters are cool (climate zone D), so heating remains a cost to factor in.

Irpinia is a seismically active area. Melito Irpino is in zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department, as are 57 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.269 g. Here it is essential to ask for the building's structural design, its construction date and any certificates.

The report for an address adds the official landslide and flood maps, the slope of the ground and the plot found on the cadastral maps of the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Hills of eastern Irpinia, not far from Ariano Irpino.
  • Population down 8.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.269 g.
  • Ask for the structural design and construction date.

Overview

Melito Irpino is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,780 residents, ranked 65 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Melito Irpino 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 0.269 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Melito Irpino, 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 8.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Melito Irpino declared an average taxable income of 15,028 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Melito Irpino is in climate zone D, with 1,549 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 242 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Melito Irpino 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 7.2% of the land in Melito Irpino, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 6.6 hectares.

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 Melito Irpino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Melito Irpino: 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 Melito Irpino 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 32 inhabited census areas in Melito Irpino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 064048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.