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Serramezzana: 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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Serramezzana, Cilento hills above the coast

Serramezzana is a small hill municipality in the Cilento, inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park. The village is at around five hundred metres among olive groves and scrub. The coast, with the resorts between Agropoli and Castellabate, is a few kilometres of bends away, while the inland area stays agricultural and thinly populated.

For buyers, the appeal is being close to the sea without the summer crowds of the coastal towns. The trade-off is narrow, winding roads and no services in the village itself: pharmacy, schools and shops are in the larger towns nearby. The climate is zone D, with mild but damp winters, and in stone houses left closed for long periods damp is the first thing to check.

The village has lost many residents. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 268 in 2023, against 347 in 2011, a fall of 22.8%. The average age is 52.6, well above the 45.2 of the province of Salerno, and over-65s make up 34.7% against 22.7%. Foreign residents account for 3.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 43 of the 158 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.078 g. Before buying an old building, find out whether it has been strengthened and whether past works were properly authorised. On the clay slopes of the Cilento the report checks the official landslide maps at the address, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Hill municipality in the Cilento, inside the national park.
  • 268 residents in 2023, down 22.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 52.6, against 45.2 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.078 g.

Overview

Serramezzana is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 268 residents, among the smallest in the province (157 of 158).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Serramezzana is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 158 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.078 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 22.8%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (45). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Serramezzana declared an average taxable income of 15,980 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Serramezzana is in climate zone D, with 1,694 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 520 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 5.5% of the land in Serramezzana, compared with 8.0% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Serramezzana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Serramezzana: 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 Serramezzana 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 5 inhabited census areas in Serramezzana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 31.0%
  • good 69.0%

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

ISTAT code 065139. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.