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Pontelandolfo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Benevento, 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: Contrada Cerquelle 1, Pontelandolfo.

Pontelandolfo, a hill village in the Sannio near Benevento

Pontelandolfo is a farming village in the Sannio hills north-west of Benevento. Its historic centre sits on the hilltop, with newer houses along the roads running down to the countryside. The land is arable fields, olive groves and woodland, dotted with farms and scattered houses. Benevento is the reference for work, hospital care and university.

Buyers choose between houses in the old centre, often stone-built on several floors, and country homes that are roomier but further from services. Either way, the structure is the first thing to look at, for the reason explained below. On sloping ground, the report measures the gradient at the address and reads the official landslide maps.

At the end of 2023, Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,003 residents, 12.5% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 48.7, against 46.5 for the province, and 29.7% of residents are over 65, above the provincial 24.6%. Foreign residents make up 3.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. The climate zone is D.

Pontelandolfo is in seismic zone 1, the highest category, like 47 other municipalities in the province of Benevento, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.266 g. Before buying, ask for the build date, any seismic upgrading and paperwork for the work done. For an old masonry house, a structural survey is money well spent.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Farming village in the Sannio hills, north-west of Benevento.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.266 g.
  • Population down 12.5% since 2011.
  • Old masonry houses: get a structural survey.

Overview

Pontelandolfo is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,003 residents, ranked 42 of 78 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pontelandolfo is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (48 of 78) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.266 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pontelandolfo, 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pontelandolfo declared an average taxable income of 17,299 euros, below the provincial average (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pontelandolfo is in climate zone D, with 1,998 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 510 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pontelandolfo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 6.8% of the land in Pontelandolfo, 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 open contaminated sites in Pontelandolfo; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pontelandolfo: 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 Pontelandolfo 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 55 inhabited census areas in Pontelandolfo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.4%
  • fair 87.6%

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 062054. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.