San Mango Piemonte: 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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San Mango Piemonte, the hills behind Salerno
Salerno is about fifteen minutes away by road, and that explains most of San Mango Piemonte. The municipality sits on the first hills behind the city, towards the Picentini mountains, at around 200 metres, with its centre grouped around the church and newer houses along the roads leading down the valley. Many residents work or study in Salerno or around the university campus at Fisciano, and come back here in the evening.
For a buyer it is an alternative to the city, with more space and less traffic: detached or semi-detached houses with gardens, small blocks of flats and a few older homes in the historic core. Daily life needs a car, since larger shops and services are in Salerno or in the towns of the Irno valley. The climate is mild, zone C, with short winters.
Unlike many small inland municipalities, this one is growing: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,629 residents in 2023, up 1.6% on 2011. The population is young for the area, with an average age of 42.6 against 45.2 for the province and 18.3% over 65. Foreign residents make up 2.2%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.
San Mango Piemonte is in seismic zone 2, with an expected acceleration of 0.112 g. Inland Campania has a long history of earthquakes, so before buying ask for the year of construction, the structural design and any upgrade work. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published. On the hills the ground changes from plot to plot, and the report reads gradient and official maps for the address.
Key points
- Hills behind Salerno, towards the Picentini
- Up 1.6% since 2011, 2,629 residents
- Average age 42.6 against 45.2 for the province
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.112 g
Overview
San Mango Piemonte is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,629 residents, ranked 67 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Mango Piemonte 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 0.112 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in San Mango Piemonte, 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 grown by 1.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Mango Piemonte declared an average taxable income of 20,476 euros, in line with the province (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Mango Piemonte is in climate zone C, with 1,378 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 210 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Mango Piemonte has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.
There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 13.5% of the land in San Mango Piemonte, 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 San Mango Piemonte, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 San Mango Piemonte: 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 San Mango Piemonte 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 14 inhabited census areas in San Mango Piemonte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 3.0%
- fair 46.2%
- good 50.8%
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 065121. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.