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Nola: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Napoli, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via San Massimo 1, Nola.

Nola, the Gigli festival, logistics hubs and the plain east of Naples

Every June, for the feast of Saint Paulinus, teams of bearers carry eight wooden towers more than twenty metres tall, plus a boat, through the streets of Nola. This is the Festa dei Gigli, recognised by UNESCO. For the rest of the year Nola is a lowland town east of Naples, an old bishop's seat and the birthplace of Giordano Bruno.

Next to the historic centre, large trade and logistics hubs have grown up: the CIS wholesale centre, the Interporto freight terminal and the Vulcano Buono shopping centre. They bring jobs and lorry traffic, so buyers should check how far a house is from those roads. The Circumvesuviana railway links Nola with Naples and the A30 motorway runs close by. Nola also serves nearby villages: there are 44 schools on record, 1.30 per 1,000 residents against 0.87 in the province, and 40 healthcare facilities.

With 33,843 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 0.4% since 2011, the population is almost stable. The average age is 43.6, over-65s make up 20.0%, in line with the province of Naples, and foreign residents 4.4%.

Nola is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 75 other municipalities in the province, while 16 are in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.180 g. In old palazzi and in buildings from the 1960s and 1970s, ask for structural checks before signing.

The town lies in the Vesuvius area, and some neighbouring municipalities fall within the red zone of the emergency plan, so buyers should ask the town hall which area of the plan the house is in. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) land registry maps are published, and the report checks flood and landslide hazard for the address.

Key points

  • UNESCO-listed Gigli festival, wholesale and freight hubs.
  • 33,843 residents in 2023, an almost stable population.
  • Schools: 1.30 per 1,000 residents, above the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.180 g.

Overview

Nola is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 33,843 residents, ranked 20 of 92 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nola is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (76 of 92) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.180 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Nola, 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 44 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nola declared an average taxable income of 21,316 euros, in line with the province (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nola is in climate zone C, with 1,021 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 34 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nola has 44 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 27 grocery shops and supermarkets, 40 healthcare facilities, 24 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 1.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 35.2% of the land in Nola, compared with 34.9% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 3.1 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 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Nola, and 3 more have 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 Nola: 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 Nola 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 402 inhabited census areas in Nola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • poor 0.0%
  • modest 6.5%
  • fair 54.7%
  • good 38.8%

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

ISTAT code 063050. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.