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Roscigno: 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 Vittorio Veneto 1, Roscigno.

Roscigno, an inland village in the Cilento National Park

Away from the coast and its beach resorts, inland Cilento is a land of wooded hills, narrow valleys and small villages. Roscigno is one of them, at almost six hundred metres, inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park, the protected area that covers much of the southern province of Salerno.

The village houses are mostly stone and masonry buildings, often old and in need of work. Buyers get the quiet of a hill village; in return they must accept long distances to the hospital, secondary schools and shops, which are in the larger towns of the area or towards Salerno. A car is essential, and hill roads make journeys longer.

The village has lost many residents in recent years: 596 in 2023 against 827 in 2011, a fall of 27.9%. The average age is 53.4, compared with 45.2 in the province of Salerno, and over-65s make up 35.4% of residents, against 22.7% provincewide. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Roscigno is in seismic zone 2, like 96 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of around 0.126 g. For an old masonry house, have a surveyor check walls, floors and roof, and ask whether the structure has been upgraded.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. In inland Cilento the slopes are often steep: gradient and landslide hazard are read on the official maps for each house.

Key points

  • Inland Cilento village, inside the National Park.
  • 596 residents in 2023, down 27.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 35.4%, against 22.7% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration around 0.126 g.

Overview

Roscigno is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 596 residents, ranked 141 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roscigno 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 0.126 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Roscigno, 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 27.9%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (45). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roscigno declared an average taxable income of 17,002 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Roscigno is in climate zone D, with 1,850 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 570 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Roscigno has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 1.7 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more 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 3.8% of the land in Roscigno, 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Roscigno. 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 Roscigno: 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 Roscigno 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 5 inhabited census areas in Roscigno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 2.6%
  • good 97.4%

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 065111. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.