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Oratino: what to know before buying a home

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

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Oratino, a hilltop village minutes from Campobasso

Oratino is a small hill municipality north-east of Campobasso, overlooking the Biferno valley. The old village, with its stone houses, sits on the hilltop; lower down and along the roads towards the city, detached houses and newer homes have been added.

Proximity to Campobasso is what makes the difference: the regional capital, with its offices, hospital, university and schools, is a few minutes' drive away. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,699 residents in 2023, up 8.9% on 2011, and the village is younger than the province, with an average age of 45.6 against 47.6 and over-65s at 21.9% against 26.5%. Households have 2.26 members on average and foreign residents make up 4.1%. Incomes are above the provincial average.

Buyers here usually choose between a house in the old village, needing renovation and with narrow access, and a detached house or flat in the newer areas, easier with a car. Either way, winters in inland Molise need to be considered: heating and insulation weigh on running costs.

Molise has high seismic hazard. In the province of Campobasso, 11 municipalities are in zone 1, 64 in zone 2 and 9 in zone 3. Oratino is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.236 g. Before signing, ask to see the structural design and any seismic upgrading work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On the hill and the slopes down to the Biferno, it reads gradient and the official landslide maps for that point.

Key points

  • Hilltop above the Biferno valley, minutes from Campobasso.
  • Residents up 8.9% since 2011, average age 45.6.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.236 g.
  • Incomes above the provincial average.

Overview

Oratino is a municipality in the province of Campobasso, in Molise. At the end of 2023 it had 1,699 residents, ranked 24 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Oratino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.236 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Oratino, 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 8.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (48). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Oratino declared an average taxable income of 22,139 euros, above the provincial average (19,995 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Oratino has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 5.1% of the land in Oratino, compared with 4.3% in the province and 4.0% 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 low. 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 Oratino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Oratino: 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 Oratino 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 19 inhabited census areas in Oratino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 43.3%
  • good 56.7%

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 070049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.