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Pagani: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Salerno, 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 Alcide de Gasperi 1, Pagani.

Pagani, Saint Alphonsus and the dense Agro Nocerino

The basilica of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, which holds the saint's remains, draws pilgrims to Pagani all year round, and after Easter the town fills up for the festival of the Madonna delle Galline. Otherwise Pagani is a lowland town in the heart of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, bordering Nocera Inferiore, with canning plants and cultivated fields pressed up against the houses.

It is a dense town, with buildings side by side and little open space. Overture Maps data record 2 green areas, 0.06 per 1,000 residents against 0.17 in the province. Many people work outside the town, so house-hunters usually weigh the distance to the station on the Naples-Salerno line and to the motorway junctions. Healthcare, on the other hand, is above average: 29 facilities, 0.85 per 1,000 residents against 0.70.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 34,005 residents in 2023, down 1.9% since 2011. The average age is 43.0, below the 45.2 of the province of Salerno, households have 2.71 members on average and foreign residents make up 3.1%.

The province of Salerno spans three seismic zones on the Civil Protection scale: 18 municipalities in zone 1, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Pagani is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.121 g. In blocks put up quickly during the building boom, have an engineer look at the structure and the paperwork before you buy.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the land registry maps and the report traces the address to its plot. The plain is crossed by channels and streams that drain into the Sarno, so in heavy rain flooding is the main issue, assessed street by street.

Key points

  • Home of Saint Alphonsus, in the heart of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese.
  • 34,005 residents, average age 43.0.
  • Little green space: 0.06 areas per 1,000 residents.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.121 g.

Overview

Pagani is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 34,005 residents, among the most populous in the province (8 of 158).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pagani is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 158) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.121 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pagani, 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pagani declared an average taxable income of 18,307 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pagani is in climate zone C, with 1,184 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 35 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pagani has 42 schools and 11 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 28 grocery shops and supermarkets, 29 healthcare facilities, 17 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 42.7% of the land in Pagani, compared with 8.0% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Pagani, and one more has 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 Pagani: 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 Pagani 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 201 inhabited census areas in Pagani. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.7%
  • fair 52.5%
  • good 43.8%

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 065088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.