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Vallata: 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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Vallata, a high Irpinia village on the motorway

Vallata is a village in eastern Irpinia that stands above eight hundred metres, in an open landscape of wheat-growing hills and pastures, with ridges dotted with wind turbines. The centre is compact, with stone and rendered houses along sloping streets, and it looks towards the border with Puglia.

The village has its own exit on the motorway between Naples and Bari: Avellino one way and Foggia the other can be reached without long mountain roads. For anyone who works elsewhere and comes home in the evening, that is a practical advantage.

Altitude, on the other hand, shapes the climate. Officially it is zone E, but winters are long, windy and often snowy, and in old houses the roof, insulation and boiler should be checked first. The market offers village houses, often large and on several floors, and newer buildings on the edge of the built-up area.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,487 residents in 2023, down 12.9% since 2011. The average age is 47.5, above 46.2 for the province of Avellino, and 26.4% of residents are over 65, against 23.9%. Foreign nationals make up 4.6%.

Vallata is in seismic zone 1, the highest in the Civil Protection classification, like 57 other municipalities in Irpinia, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.253 g. For a masonry house, ask whether it was rebuilt or strengthened and with what permits. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel from the address, with the official landslide maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Eastern Irpinia village above eight hundred metres
  • Its own exit on the motorway between Naples and Bari
  • 2,487 residents, down 12.9% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.253 g

Overview

Vallata is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,487 residents, ranked 46 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vallata is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 58 of 118 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.253 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vallata, 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 12.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vallata declared an average taxable income of 18,115 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vallata is in climate zone E, with 2,651 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 870 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vallata has 11 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 4.4 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.3).

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 5.4% of the land in Vallata, 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 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 open contaminated sites in Vallata; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vallata: 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 Vallata 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 27 inhabited census areas in Vallata. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.3%
  • fair 96.7%

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 064114. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.