Vairano Patenora: 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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Vairano Patenora, the hilltop village and the station town
In the far north of the province of Caserta, towards the borders with Molise and Lazio, where the plain gives way to hills, Vairano Patenora splits into two clearly separate parts. Up on the hill is the old village of Vairano, clustered around its medieval castle; below is Vairano Scalo, which grew up around Vairano-Caianello station, the junction where the Rome-Cassino-Naples railway meets the line to Isernia.
The two parts offer buyers different things. In the old village there are stone houses, often old, on narrow, sloping streets; at the Scalo, newer buildings on flat ground, easier to live in but closer to the tracks and to through roads. The Caianello exit on the A1 motorway is a few minutes away. The town works as a small service centre for the area: Overture Maps counts 59 cafés and restaurants, 9.33 per 1,000 residents against 4.35 in the province, and 9 healthcare facilities. Climate zone C, with incomes just below the provincial average.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,323 residents, down 5.0% since 2011. The population is older than that of the province of Caserta, one of the youngest in Italy: an average age of 45.1 against 43.1, over-65s at 22.1% against 19.3%. Foreign residents make up 5.0%.
Italy's Civil Protection Department puts the town in seismic zone 2, like 96 of the 104 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.145 g. Anyone buying in the old village should ask whether the building has been strengthened and what condition the roof and floors are in; at the Scalo, the year of construction matters most.
Landslide hazard on the hill and flood hazard on the plain depend on the precise spot, and the report checks both for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so each address can be traced to its plot.
Key points
- Old village and castle on the hill, Vairano Scalo below.
- Vairano-Caianello station and the A1 Caianello exit close by.
- 59 cafés and restaurants, well above the provincial rate.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.145 g.
Overview
Vairano Patenora is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 6,323 residents, ranked 48 of 104 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vairano Patenora 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 0.145 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Vairano Patenora, 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 5.0%. The estimated average age is 45 years, higher than the province average (43). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vairano Patenora declared an average taxable income of 19,679 euros, in line with the province (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Vairano Patenora is in climate zone C, with 1,383 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 168 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vairano Patenora has 13 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.
There are 1.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 7.2% of the land in Vairano Patenora, compared with 10.5% 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 contaminated sites in Vairano Patenora.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vairano Patenora: 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 Vairano Patenora 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 56 inhabited census areas in Vairano Patenora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.9%
- fair 39.1%
- good 60.0%
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
- 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 061095. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.