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Sant'Angelo d'Alife: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Sant'Angelo d'Alife, at the foot of the Matese mountains

Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a hill village in the far north of the province of Caserta, on the first slopes of the Matese massif, where the mountains give way to the Alife plain and the Volturno valley. The village looks out over farmland; behind it, woods and pasture climb towards the summits.

It suits people looking for quiet and space rather than services. Houses in the centre are old stone buildings, often on several levels, while newer homes sit on the edges and along the roads down to the plain. For work, the hospital and secondary schools, residents drive to Piedimonte Matese or further to Caserta. The village has 1 pharmacy and 3 school sites, and the food shopping is done elsewhere.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,073 residents in 2023, down 8.9% on 2011. The average age is 47.5, well above 43.1 in Caserta, a young province; 27.0% of residents are over 65. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

The Matese is a known earthquake area. Sant'Angelo is in seismic zone 2, like 95 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of 0.213 g. Before buying a stone house, ask whether it has had seismic upgrading and get the documents.

Slopes and the streams coming down from the mountains make a site-specific check worthwhile. The report locates the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and cross-checks it with the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Hill village on the edge of the Matese massif.
  • Average age 47.5, province 43.1.
  • Population down 8.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.213 g.

Overview

Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,073 residents, ranked 71 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Angelo d'Alife is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (96 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.213 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sant'Angelo d'Alife, 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 8.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (43). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Angelo d'Alife declared an average taxable income of 18,698 euros, below the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sant'Angelo d'Alife is in climate zone D, with 1,821 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 385 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Angelo d'Alife has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

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 3.8% of the land in Sant'Angelo d'Alife, compared with 10.5% 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 open contaminated sites in Sant'Angelo d'Alife; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Angelo d'Alife: 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 Sant'Angelo d'Alife 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 10 inhabited census areas in Sant'Angelo d'Alife. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 30.8%
  • fair 69.2%

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 061086. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.