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Sessa Cilento: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Roma 1, Sessa Cilento.

Sessa Cilento, a hill village between sea and inland Cilento

From the Cilento coast, a few kilometres of climbing road bring you to Sessa Cilento, a hill village at around 500 metres inside the Cilento National Park. Olive groves, woods and small clusters of houses surround it; from the village you drive down to the sea and the beach resorts on the coast, while Agropoli and Vallo della Lucania are the towns for shops, schools and the hospital.

The climate is temperate (climate zone D), with mild, damp winters. Buyers here are often after a summer house close to the sea, or an old family house to renovate. In the stone houses of the centre, look carefully at the roof, damp and the systems; for rural buildings in the countryside, at planning compliance and road access.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,137 residents in 2023, 229 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 16.8%. The average age is 48.4, against 45.2 in the province of Salerno, and 25.9% of residents are over 65. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Sessa Cilento is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department scale, like 43 of the 158 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration in the village of 0.082 g. In masonry houses extended over time, ask how the new parts were tied to the old.

The report uses the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps to trace the plot from the address and checks landslide hazard and gradient on the official maps, which on the Cilento hills change a great deal over short distances.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Cilento National Park, a few kilometres from the sea.
  • Agropoli and Vallo della Lucania for services and the hospital.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.082 g.
  • 1,137 residents, down 16.8% since 2011.

Overview

Sessa Cilento is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,137 residents, ranked 116 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sessa Cilento 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 0.082 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 16.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sessa Cilento declared an average taxable income of 16,981 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sessa Cilento is in climate zone D, with 1,851 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

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sessa Cilento has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 Sessa Cilento, 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 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Sessa Cilento. 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 Sessa Cilento: 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 Sessa Cilento 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 11 inhabited census areas in Sessa Cilento. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 32.1%
  • good 67.9%

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 065141. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.