Mugnano del Cardinale: 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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Mugnano del Cardinale, Saint Philomena's shrine and the Baiano area
To many Italians, Mugnano del Cardinale is the town of Saint Philomena. The shrine that holds her relics draws pilgrims all year round. The municipality is in the Baiano area, at the western edge of the province of Avellino, at the foot of the Partenio mountains, near the border with the province of Naples.
Life here looks towards Nola and Naples more than Avellino. Baiano, the next town, is the end of the line on the Circumvesuviana, the regional railway from Naples, and has a junction on the A16 motorway towards Bari, so commuting is feasible without long drives. Much of the countryside around the town is planted with hazelnut groves. On the market you will find houses in the old centre, often old and built wall to wall, blocks of flats from recent decades and houses with land towards the hills. Partly thanks to the pilgrims, bars and restaurants number 32, or 6.19 per 1,000 residents against 4.92 in the province.
Istat, the Italian statistics office, recorded 5,169 residents in 2023, down 2.7% on 2011. The population is younger than in the rest of Irpinia, with an average age of 44.5 against 46.2 and 21.5% over 65 against 23.9%. Foreign residents make up 4.5%. There are 8 schools and education sites, or 1.55 per 1,000 residents against 1.33 in the province.
The province of Avellino has 58 municipalities in seismic zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department. Mugnano is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.190 g. If you are buying a flat, find out when the building was designed and ask for the structural sign-off; for a masonry house in the centre, have an engineer carry out a structural survey.
On the Partenio slopes above the town the report checks the landslide maps and the gradient at the address, and towards the plain the flood-prone areas. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps.
Key points
- Saint Philomena's shrine, below the Partenio mountains.
- Average age 44.5, younger than the province (46.2).
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.190 g.
- Circumvesuviana railway and motorway in nearby Baiano.
Overview
Mugnano del Cardinale is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 5,169 residents, ranked 16 of 118 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mugnano del Cardinale 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 0.190 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Mugnano del Cardinale, 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mugnano del Cardinale declared an average taxable income of 19,477 euros, in line with the province (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Mugnano del Cardinale is in climate zone D, with 1,442 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 250 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mugnano del Cardinale has 8 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.
There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).
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 9.9% of the land in Mugnano del Cardinale, 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
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 Mugnano del Cardinale.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mugnano del Cardinale: 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 Mugnano del Cardinale 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 14 inhabited census areas in Mugnano del Cardinale. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.5%
- fair 65.7%
- good 33.8%
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 064065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.