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Montefalcione: 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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Montefalcione, Irpinian hills east of Avellino

Montefalcione is a village in Irpinia, on the hills east of Avellino, in a landscape of vineyards, hazelnut groves and small woods. The centre sits at around 520 metres along the ridge, surrounded by rural districts and scattered houses linked by country lanes.

The location suits people who work in Avellino, a short drive away, and from there towards Salerno and Naples. In the village you mainly find masonry houses on several floors, many renovated in recent decades, and newer detached houses on the edges. The climate is zone E: winters in the hills are cold and damp, and heating weighs on running costs.

The population is falling: 3,060 residents in 2023, 11.1% fewer than in 2011. The mean age is 47.7, against 46.2 for the province of Avellino; over-65s are 25.5% and foreign residents 1.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are a real issue in Irpinia. Every municipality in the province of Avellino is in seismic zone 1 or 2 of the Civil Protection classification; Montefalcione is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of 0.228 g, a fairly high value. Before buying, find out when the building was built or rebuilt, to which standards, and whether it has had seismic upgrading; for older houses, get a structural engineer's opinion. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report adds the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Irpinian hills east of Avellino, vineyards and hazel groves.
  • 3,060 residents, down 11.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.228 g.
  • For older houses, get an engineer to look at the structure.

Overview

Montefalcione is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 3,060 residents, ranked 34 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montefalcione is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.228 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montefalcione, 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 11.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montefalcione declared an average taxable income of 18,213 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montefalcione is in climate zone E, with 2,172 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 523 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montefalcione has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

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 9.7% of the land in Montefalcione, 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

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Montefalcione.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montefalcione: 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 Montefalcione 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 44 inhabited census areas in Montefalcione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 8.9%
  • fair 58.7%
  • good 32.4%

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 064053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.