Roccapiemonte: 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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Roccapiemonte, between Nocera Inferiore and the road to San Severino
Roccapiemonte lies in the eastern part of the Agro Nocerino, where the plain begins to narrow between the hills and the roads head towards Mercato San Severino and Salerno. The town borders Nocera Inferiore and Castel San Giorgio and shares their character: dense housing that grew after the war around the old cores, with farmland surviving in the gaps between settlements and hills behind.
People buying here are mostly after a family home at lower prices than in Salerno, where many work, or a handy base for the Nocera area and the motorway. What is for sale is mainly flats in small blocks, multi-storey detached houses, often shared by several generations, and a few old buildings in the historic centre. There are many schools for a town of this size (12 in the open data), a sign of a place with lots of families.
Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 8,688 residents in 2023, down 4.8% since 2011. The mean age is 44.1, lower than the province of Salerno (45.2), 20.9% are over 65 and households average 2.62 people. There are few foreign residents, 1.9%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.
In the province of Salerno, 18 municipalities are in seismic zone 1, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification. Roccapiemonte is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.128 g. In an area where houses have often been extended or had floors added over the years, ask for the building permits before buying and check whether any added storey was designed and formally inspected.
At the foot of the hills and along the streams crossing the plain, conditions change from one street to the next. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps at the address and, using the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency, finds the land parcel.
Key points
- Eastern Agro Nocerino, between Nocera Inferiore and Castel San Giorgio.
- Mean age 44.1, below the province (45.2).
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.128 g.
- Extended houses: ask for permits and inspection certificates.
Overview
Roccapiemonte is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 8,688 residents, ranked 29 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roccapiemonte 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 0.128 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Roccapiemonte, 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 4.8%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roccapiemonte declared an average taxable income of 20,785 euros, in line with the province (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Roccapiemonte is in climate zone C, with 1,248 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 86 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Roccapiemonte has 12 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 10 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).
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 22.6% of the land in Roccapiemonte, 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
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 Roccapiemonte.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roccapiemonte: 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 Roccapiemonte 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 Roccapiemonte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 44.8%
- good 55.2%
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 065108. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.