Valle dell'Angelo: 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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Valle dell'Angelo, a mountain village in inland Cilento
Valle dell'Angelo lies inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park, well away from the coast. It is a mountain village at around six hundred metres, ringed by woodland and by deep gullies cut by streams. The roads in are winding provincial mountain roads, so travel times are something to factor in from the start.
For a buyer, the main question is distance. Secondary schools, larger supermarkets and specialist medical visits mean driving to the bigger towns of the area, and life without a car is hard to organise. There are 21.83 places to eat per 1,000 residents, against 6.28 across the province of Salerno, although with so few residents a handful of businesses is enough to shift the ratio. Most buildings in the village are old, so roofs, walls and wiring need checking one by one.
According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 229 residents in 2023, 51 fewer than the 280 of 2011, a fall of 18.2%. The population is elderly: the estimated average age is 54.9, against 45.2 in the province, and over-65s make up 37.6% of residents, compared with 20.9% in Campania as a whole. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The village is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 97 of the 158 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.121 g in the built-up area. Before signing, ask whether the building has had structural work and whether a filed engineering project documents it. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report starts from the address, finds the land parcel and checks the official landslide and flood maps, which matter in a landscape made almost entirely of slopes.
Key points
- Mountain village in the Cilento National Park, far from the coast.
- 229 residents in 2023, down 18.2% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 37.6%, against 20.9% in Campania.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.121 g.
Overview
Valle dell'Angelo is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 229 residents, among the smallest in the province (158 of 158).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valle dell'Angelo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 158) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.121 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Valle dell'Angelo, 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 18.2%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (45). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 0.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valle dell'Angelo declared an average taxable income of 16,546 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Valle dell'Angelo is in climate zone D, with 1,914 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 621 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valle dell'Angelo has 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 0.7% of the land in Valle dell'Angelo, 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 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 contaminated sites in Valle dell'Angelo.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valle dell'Angelo: 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 Valle dell'Angelo 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 3 inhabited census areas in Valle dell'Angelo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 100.0%
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 065153. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.