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Montoro: 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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Montoro, a string of villages in the Solofrana valley

Montoro has been a single municipality since 2013, when Montoro Inferiore and Montoro Superiore merged. It fills the valley of the Solofrana stream on the border between the provinces of Avellino and Salerno, and it is a scatter of villages between the valley floor and the hills rather than one town centre. It is market-garden country, known for its copper-skinned onion, and a through route between Irpinia and the Salerno area.

The motorway link between Salerno and Avellino runs along the valley, which matters a great deal if you work in either city: depending on the village, the junction is a few minutes away or at the end of a stretch of back roads. Housing ranges from old stone buildings in the historic hamlets to detached houses with land built in recent decades, and the state of repair varies widely from one village to the next.

With 19,381 residents at the end of 2023, Montoro ranks number 3 in the province by population, and numbers have barely moved since 2011 (-0.4%, according to Istat, the national statistics office). It is young for Irpinia: an estimated average age of 42.4 against 46.2, over-65s at 18.0% against 23.9% for the province, and households of 2.62 people on average. Foreign nationals make up 4.3%, and declared incomes sit a little below the provincial average.

The province of Avellino knows earthquakes well, above all the Irpinia earthquake of 1980. Today 58 of its municipalities are in zone 1, the most hazardous in the Civil Protection Department's national classification, and Montoro is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.149 g. For masonry houses in the older hamlets, find out whether they were repaired or strengthened after 1980 and under which permits; for newer ones, ask for the design and the inspection certificate.

Along the Solofrana and the gullies coming down from the hills, the hazard of flooding and mudflows is not the same everywhere. The report checks it for the address, after locating the land parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Formed by the merger of Montoro Inferiore and Montoro Superiore.
  • Average age 42.4, younger than the province (46.2).
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.149 g.
  • Salerno-Avellino motorway link along the valley.

Overview

Montoro is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 19,381 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montoro 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 0.149 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montoro, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (46). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montoro declared an average taxable income of 18,329 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montoro is in climate zone D, with 1,476 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 240 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montoro has 21 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 13.5% of the land in Montoro, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Montoro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montoro: 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 Montoro 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 129 inhabited census areas in Montoro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • poor 0.4%
  • modest 14.5%
  • fair 78.6%
  • good 6.6%

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 064121. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.