Roccabascerana: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Avellino, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Roccabascerana, Irpinia hills facing the Sannio
Roccabascerana is a hill municipality in north-western Irpinia, the part of the province of Avellino that looks towards the Sannio area and the province of Benevento. It is not a single compact village: besides the main centre there are several small settlements scattered among woods, fields and provincial roads, and houses sit at different heights, around four hundred metres near the town hall.
The first question for a buyer is which settlement to choose. Distance from services, how steep the roads are and the type of house all change: stone houses in the older hamlets, detached homes and two-storey houses built along the roads in recent decades. For work and many services people look to Avellino and Benevento, both reached by car.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,350 residents (2023), down 0.7% from 2,366 in 2011, a small loss for an inland village. The average age is 45.7 and over-65s are 23.8%, in line with the province. Foreign residents make up 5.0%. Incomes are a little below the provincial average.
Earthquakes are the main issue here. Roccabascerana is in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.218 g, and 58 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. Many houses in Irpinia were repaired or rebuilt after the 1980 earthquake, so before signing ask for the paperwork on that work and find out whether the building was properly upgraded or just patched up.
On sloping ground the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the exact spot. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available, so the report can trace the land parcel from the address.
Key points
- North-western Irpinia, several hamlets spread over the hills
- 2,350 residents, down 0.7% since 2011
- Over-65s at 23.8%, level with the provincial average
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.218 g
Overview
Roccabascerana is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,350 residents, ranked 48 of 118 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roccabascerana is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.218 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Roccabascerana, 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 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roccabascerana declared an average taxable income of 19,571 euros, in line with the province (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Roccabascerana is in climate zone D, with 2,004 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 417 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Roccabascerana has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies.
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 11.2% of the land in Roccabascerana, 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 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 Roccabascerana.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roccabascerana: 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 Roccabascerana 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 27 inhabited census areas in Roccabascerana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.0%
- fair 98.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 064078. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.