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Sant'Arpino: 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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For example: Via Martiri Atellani 1, Sant'Arpino.

Sant'Arpino, the Aversa plain and the ruins of Atella

This is where Atella stood, the Oscan town that gave its name to the Atellan farces of Roman theatre, and its remains are shared between Sant'Arpino and its neighbours. Today Sant'Arpino is one of the dense, joined-up towns of the agro aversano, the plain between Aversa and Naples where one town ends and the next begins with hardly any countryside between them.

Much of the municipal area is built on and green space is scarce. Buyers mostly find apartment buildings and houses on several floors, often built to hold more than one generation of the same family. Naples and Aversa are close, but traffic on the plain is heavy, so try your commute before choosing.

The town is young by Campania standards: estimated average age 40.7 against 43.1 in the province of Caserta, with over-65s at 15.5% against 19.3%. Households average 2.77 people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 15,139 residents in 2023, up 7.6% on 2011, while foreign residents remain few at 3.7%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Almost the whole province of Caserta is in seismic zone 2 and Sant'Arpino is among them, in zone 2 with 95 others, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.148 g. Many houses in the area grew by adding one floor on top of another. Before buying, check that every extension is authorised and that the structure was designed to carry it.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report starts from the address to find the plot and check the official flood hazard maps. For a basement flat, though, it is worth asking the neighbours how it fared in the last heavy storms.

Key points

  • On the Aversa plain, on the site of ancient Atella.
  • Average age 40.7, younger than the province.
  • 15,139 residents, up 7.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2: check added floors and extensions.

Overview

Sant'Arpino is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 15,139 residents, ranked 16 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Arpino 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 0.148 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sant'Arpino, 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 7.6%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Arpino declared an average taxable income of 19,417 euros, in line with the province (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sant'Arpino is in climate zone C, with 1,207 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 43 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Arpino has 11 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 59.7% of the land in Sant'Arpino, compared with 10.5% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Sant'Arpino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Arpino: 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'Arpino 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 15 inhabited census areas in Sant'Arpino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 9.4%
  • good 90.6%

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 061087. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.