Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino: 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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Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino, below the Lattari mountains
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino has two halves. The lower part lies in the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, the fertile plain between Nocera, Pagani and Angri known for San Marzano tomatoes; the upper part climbs the slopes of Monte Albino, one of the Lattari mountains that separate this plain from the Amalfi Coast. Between the two runs a continuous built-up area that merges with the neighbouring towns with no obvious boundary.
People buying here usually work in the Agro, in Salerno or around Naples, and use the Naples to Salerno motorway, which crosses the plain with junctions in the towns next door. Prices are generally lower than on the coast and in the nearby cities. The sensitive point is the hillside. Homes built at the foot of the mountain and along the gullies coming down from the Lattari need a careful look for landslides and mudflows, a well known issue across this area. On the plain, the network of drainage channels matters more.
Like much of the Agro, it is a young town. Istat, the national statistics institute, recorded 8,765 residents in 2023, almost unchanged since 2011 (up 0.6%). The mean age is 42.4, against 45.2 in the province of Salerno, 18.6% are over 65 and households average 2.82 people, more than in most of Italy. Foreign residents are 3.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The province spans three seismic zones in the Civil Protection classification: 18 municipalities in zone 1, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Sant'Egidio is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.123 g. Many houses have been extended over the years with extra floors, so before buying ask for the building permits and check that any added storeys were approved and properly engineered.
Cadastral maps are available. The report starts from the address, finds the land parcel and reads the official landslide and flood maps at that point, where plain and hillside can differ sharply.
Key points
- Between the Agro plain and the slopes of Monte Albino.
- Mean age 42.4, households of 2.82 people on average.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.123 g.
- Lattari slopes: landslides and mudflows to check address by address.
Overview
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 8,765 residents, ranked 28 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino 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 0.123 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino declared an average taxable income of 18,636 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino is in climate zone C, with 1,216 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 60 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.
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 30.4% of the land in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino, compared with 8.0% 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 open contaminated sites in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino: 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'Egidio del Monte Albino 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 47 inhabited census areas in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.7%
- fair 75.8%
- good 23.5%
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 065130. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.