Vallo della Lucania: 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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Vallo della Lucania, the service town of inland Cilento
Many people in the Cilento come to Vallo della Lucania for a hospital stay, a court hearing or some paperwork. The small town, at around four hundred metres, has a hospital, the law court, the diocese and the headquarters of the Cilento National Park authority, and its secondary schools draw pupils from the whole area. Behind it rises the Gelbison massif, with the sanctuary on Monte Sacro, while the coast is about twenty minutes away by road.
This role as a service centre shows in incomes, which are above the average for the province of Salerno, and in the housing market, made up mainly of flats in small blocks and houses in the centre. The nearest railway station, on the Tyrrhenian line between Salerno and Calabria, is down in the valley, in the municipality of Castelnuovo Cilento. Salerno is more than an hour's drive.
Like many inland towns, Vallo is losing people: 7,951 residents in 2023, 8.4% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 46.7, above the provincial 45.2, and over-65s make up 24.6% against 22.7% in the province. Foreign residents account for 3.4%.
The province of Salerno has municipalities in three different seismic zones. Vallo della Lucania is in zone 2, like 96 others, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.095 g. Before buying in a building put up before the 1980s, ask for the structural design and any inspection certificate, and check whether the building has already used the state incentives for seismic strengthening.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report finds the plot from the address. On the slopes of the Gelbison and along the ravines, landslide risk varies a great deal from one spot to the next and is read for the individual address.
Key points
- Hospital, law court and Cilento National Park headquarters.
- Population down 8.4% since 2011; over-65s at 24.6%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.095 g.
- Incomes above the average for the province of Salerno.
Overview
Vallo della Lucania is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 7,951 residents, ranked 31 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vallo della Lucania 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 0.095 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Vallo della Lucania, 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 8.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vallo della Lucania declared an average taxable income of 22,307 euros, above the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Vallo della Lucania is in climate zone D, with 1,519 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 380 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vallo della Lucania has 13 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 1.1 healthcare facilities 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 11.1% of the land in Vallo della Lucania, 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 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Vallo della Lucania. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vallo della Lucania: 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 Vallo della Lucania 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 59 inhabited census areas in Vallo della Lucania. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 4.1%
- fair 19.2%
- good 76.7%
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
- 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 065154. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.