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Pontelatone: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Roma 1, Pontelatone.

Pontelatone, Caserta hills towards the Trebulani mountains

Pontelatone is a small hill municipality in the upper part of the province of Caserta, in the area of the Trebulani mountains, north of Capua. The village and its hamlets are spread between hills planted with olives and vines and the first wooded ridges. For work, secondary schools and services people head to Capua, Caserta or the Volturno plain, almost always by car.

The province of Caserta is young, and Pontelatone is the exception: the average age is 46.6 against 43.1 for the province, and over-65s make up 25.3% against 19.3%. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,523 residents in 2023, down 13.4% since 2011. Foreign residents account for 3.5%. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

The market is made up of detached houses with land, homes in the old centre and buildings from recent decades on the edge of the village. With the latter it is worth checking that extensions and added floors have the proper permits, using the town hall records, before signing the preliminary contract.

On earthquakes, the province of Caserta is mostly in zone 2: 96 of its 104 municipalities, Pontelatone included, while 5 are in zone 1. The expected ground acceleration here is about 0.130 g. For a masonry building, ask whether any strengthening work has been done.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On the hills, landslide hazard, and flood hazard along the gullies, are read for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Hills in the upper Caserta area, north of Capua.
  • Average age 46.6, above the provincial 43.1.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.130 g.
  • Recent houses: check that extensions have permits.

Overview

Pontelatone is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,523 residents, ranked 82 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pontelatone is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (96 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.130 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pontelatone, 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 13.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (43). 25% 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 Pontelatone declared an average taxable income of 18,194 euros, below the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pontelatone is in climate zone C, with 1,283 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 120 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pontelatone has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 4.9% of the land in Pontelatone, compared with 10.5% 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 Pontelatone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pontelatone: 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 Pontelatone 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 21 inhabited census areas in Pontelatone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 79.3%
  • good 20.7%

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 061061. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.