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Sperone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Avellino, 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: Corso Umberto Primo 1, Sperone.

Sperone, in the Baianese below the Partenio

Sperone belongs to the Baianese, the small area of western Irpinia that looks towards the plain of Nola and Naples rather than towards Avellino. The village lies low, below two hundred metres, at the foot of the Partenio mountains, among hazelnut groves and houses strung along the roads. The Naples-Bari motorway, with its Baiano exit, puts both Naples and Avellino within easy reach.

It is a place of families and commuters, where hazelnut farming is still around and much of the housing is recent: detached houses on two or three floors, often built up by the same family over time, and small blocks of flats. With buildings like these, check carefully that what stands matches the planning permissions on file. Average declared incomes are in line with the provincial average, even slightly above.

The population is holding steady: 3,596 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, only 1.6% fewer than in 2011. It is also young for Irpinia, with an average age of 43.8 against 46.2 in the province, and over-65s at 19.7% against 23.9%. Households have 2.48 members on average.

The province of Avellino has 58 municipalities in seismic zone 1 and 60 in zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and Sperone is in the second group, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.188 g. For a reinforced concrete house a few decades old, ask for the structural design and the inspection certificate.

The Partenio slopes are covered with volcanic ash that can slide downhill after very heavy rain, and the channels coming down from the mountain deserve attention. The report checks the landslide and flood maps at the address and, with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Baianese, below the Partenio, near the Baiano exit on the A16.
  • Average age 43.8, against 46.2 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.188 g.
  • Slopes of volcanic ash: check landslides and channels.

Overview

Sperone is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 3,596 residents, ranked 25 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sperone is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.188 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sperone, 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 1.6%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sperone declared an average taxable income of 20,339 euros, in line with the province (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sperone is in climate zone C, with 1,325 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 175 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sperone has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 17.6% of the land in Sperone, compared with 7.4% 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 no open contaminated sites in Sperone; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sperone: 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 Sperone 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 13 inhabited census areas in Sperone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 59.6%
  • good 40.4%

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 064103. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.