Trentola Ducenta: 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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Trentola Ducenta, a young town in the Aversa countryside
Two villages, Trentola and Ducenta, joined into one municipality and now fused together by recent building: Trentola Ducenta lies in the agro aversano, the densely settled plain between Caserta and Naples, a few minutes from Aversa. A few fields remain, but the landscape is an almost continuous built-up area, with construction covering a very large share of the land.
Growth has been fast, and it shows. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 20,512 residents in 2023, up 15.3% on 2011. The average age is 39.8, against 43.1 for the province of Caserta, over-65s make up 14.2% and households average 2.63 people. Foreign nationals account for 4.8%. Services have not kept pace: schools, sports facilities and green spaces are below the provincial rate per resident, and declared incomes are a little lower than the provincial figure.
Buyers here usually want more space at a moderate price. Homes are mostly small blocks and houses built from the 1980s onwards, sometimes on tightly packed plots with narrow streets. As in many parts of Campania, have a surveyor check that the property complies with planning rules before signing a preliminary contract: amnesties and retrospective permits are not unusual, and a property with irregularities can be hard to resell or to mortgage. The nearest railway station is in Aversa.
Trentola Ducenta is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 95 other municipalities in the province of Caserta, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.130 g. For blocks built before modern earthquake standards, ask for the filed structural design and the inspection certificate; for storeys added later, check that they were authorised.
The plain is low and largely sealed, so the report checks flood hazard for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published.
Key points
- In the Aversa plain, a few minutes from Aversa.
- Average age 39.8, over-65s at 14.2%.
- 20,512 residents, up 15.3% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2: ask for design and inspection papers.
Overview
Trentola Ducenta is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 20,512 residents, among the most populous in the province (11 of 104).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Trentola Ducenta 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 0.130 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Trentola Ducenta, 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 15.3%. The estimated average age is 40 years, lower than the province average (43). 14% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Trentola Ducenta declared an average taxable income of 19,116 euros, in line with the province (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Trentola Ducenta is in climate zone C, with 1,125 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 42 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Trentola Ducenta has 14 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 11 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.7 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (1.1).
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 43.3% of the land in Trentola Ducenta, compared with 10.5% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.1 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list no contaminated sites in Trentola Ducenta.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Trentola Ducenta: 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 Trentola Ducenta 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 61 inhabited census areas in Trentola Ducenta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 36.1%
- good 63.9%
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
- 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 061094. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.