Montecorvino Pugliano: 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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Montecorvino Pugliano, from the Picentini hills to the plain
Montecorvino Pugliano is a municipality on several levels. The oldest villages sit on the hills at the foot of the Picentini mountains, while the land runs down to the plain that opens onto the Gulf of Salerno, where hamlets such as Bivio Pratole and Santa Tecla have grown a great deal in recent decades. Salerno is about twenty kilometres away, Salerno Costa d'Amalfi airport is nearby at Pontecagnano, and the A2 motorway passes a few kilometres off.
Buyers choose between two ways of living. On the hills there are older houses, often on sloping ground, with land and views but far from services; on the plain there are mostly recent small blocks and detached houses close to roads and shopping areas. Newcomers are mainly families working in Salerno or on the Sele plain who want more space at prices unlike the city's.
The figures bear this out. In 2023 there were 11,106 residents, up 10.8% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, and the population is young: an average age of 41.5 against 45.2 for the province, with over-65s at 16.0% against 22.7%. Households are large, 2.68 people on average, and foreign residents make up 4.7%. Only 2 pharmacies are recorded, 0.18 per 1,000 residents against 0.39 in the province.
The province of Salerno has 18 municipalities in seismic zone 1, the highest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3, and it remembers the 1980 Irpinia earthquake well. Montecorvino Pugliano is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.107 g. For blocks put up during the building boom, ask for the structural design and the final inspection certificate; for village houses on the hills, have the load-bearing walls assessed.
Landslide hazard on the slopes and flood hazard along the streams on the plain both vary from plot to plot, and the report checks them at the address with the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps.
Key points
- From the Picentini hills down to the plain towards Salerno.
- Population up 10.8% since 2011, average age 41.5.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.107 g.
- Landslides on the hills, floods on the plain: check the address.
Overview
Montecorvino Pugliano is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 11,106 residents, ranked 23 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montecorvino Pugliano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 158) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.107 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Montecorvino Pugliano, 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 grown by 10.8%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montecorvino Pugliano declared an average taxable income of 19,118 euros, in line with the province (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Montecorvino Pugliano is in climate zone D, with 1,700 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 390 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montecorvino Pugliano has 11 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 19.4% of the land in Montecorvino Pugliano, compared with 8.0% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.8 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Montecorvino Pugliano, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montecorvino Pugliano: 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 Montecorvino Pugliano 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 100 inhabited census areas in Montecorvino Pugliano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 23.2%
- fair 74.2%
- good 2.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 065072. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.