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San Potito Ultra: 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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San Potito Ultra, Irpinian hills near Avellino

San Potito Ultra is a small municipality in the hills of Irpinia, east of Avellino, at around five hundred metres. The provincial capital is close and much of village life revolves around that link: people work, study and do the big shop in Avellino and come home to the hills in the evening.

The land is cultivated hillside, with vineyards, hazelnut groves and houses strung along the country roads. Built-up land covers a fair share of the municipality, a sign of residential growth in the form of detached houses and small blocks of flats next to the old centre. Buyers therefore have two kinds of choice: recent houses with gardens, or older homes in the village that need work.

There are 1,476 residents, down 7.6% since 2011. The average age is 47.1 (46.2 for the province) and over-65s make up 23.6%, in line with the province. Foreign nationals are 2.8%.

Irpinia is one of Italy's best-known earthquake areas. San Potito is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 60 municipalities in the province of Avellino, while another 58 are in zone 1; the expected ground acceleration is 0.211 g. Many buildings in the area were rebuilt or strengthened after the 1980 earthquake, so ask for the paperwork on that work and the year of construction.

The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures the distance to services and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hill municipality in Irpinia, close to Avellino.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.211 g.
  • 1,476 residents, down 7.6% since 2011.
  • Recent detached houses alongside the old centre.

Overview

San Potito Ultra is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,476 residents, ranked 77 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Potito Ultra 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 0.211 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in San Potito Ultra, 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 7.6%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Potito Ultra declared an average taxable income of 20,091 euros, in line with the province (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Potito Ultra is in climate zone D, with 1,966 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 517 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Potito Ultra has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

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 13.4% of the land in San Potito Ultra, 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

Official databases list no contaminated sites in San Potito Ultra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Potito Ultra: 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 Potito Ultra 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 Potito Ultra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.7%
  • fair 96.1%
  • good 1.2%

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

ISTAT code 064086. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.