Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Benevento, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte, a small village in the Sannio hills
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte is a hill village at around 360 metres in the Sannio, the inland area around Benevento, with a compact centre surrounded by farmland and scattered houses. Benevento is the reference for work, secondary schools and the hospital, and is reached by car.
What buyers find here is mostly village houses and rural homes, often in need of work. Before buying, get a realistic estimate for the renovation, check connections to mains water and sewerage, and see how easy car access is.
The village has lost many residents: 461 in 2023 against 641 in 2011, a fall of 28.1%. The estimated average age is 52.8, against 46.5 in the province, and over-65s make up 37.7%, compared with 24.6% across the province of Benevento. Foreign residents account for 10.2%.
Seismic hazard is high: the municipality is in zone 1 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 48 of the 78 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.267 g in the built-up area. For a house built without seismic design, it is wise to have a structural assessment carried out before making an offer, and to ask what incentives are available for strengthening work.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel. On the Sannio hills, landslides and ground movement are tied to the slopes, and the report reads the hazard on the official maps for the individual plot.
Key points
- Hill village in the Sannio, province of Benevento.
- 461 residents, down 28.1% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.267 g.
- Houses needing work: structural assessment before an offer.
Overview
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 461 residents, among the smallest in the province (77 of 78).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (48 of 78) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.267 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte, 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 28.1%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (46). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte declared an average taxable income of 18,551 euros, in line with the province (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte is in climate zone D, with 1,731 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 363 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.4 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 8.6% of the land in Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.7 hectares.
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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte. 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 Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte: 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'Arcangelo Trimonte 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 6 inhabited census areas in Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 100.0%
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 062078. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.