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Venticano: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Luigi Cadorna 1, Venticano.

Venticano, in Irpinia on the road between Avellino and Benevento

Venticano lies in northern Irpinia, the hilly and mountainous area of the province of Avellino, on the high ground that drops towards the Calore valley and the Benevento area. Both Avellino and Benevento are within commuting distance by car, and much of village life depends on jobs and services in those two cities.

The village has grown along the main roads, with an older core and many buildings from the second half of the twentieth century, plus hamlets and scattered country houses among olive groves, vineyards and fields. The hilly ground means buyers should look at gradient and the official landslide maps, and near watercourses at the flood maps. The report reads them for the exact address.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,282 residents in 2023, down 9.9% since 2011. The average age is 46.6, close to the provincial 46.2, foreign residents make up 4.4% and households have 2.46 members on average. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

Irpinia has a well-known seismic history, and here that topic comes before anything else. Venticano is in seismic zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department, like 57 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.259 g. For any house, ask for the year of design, the structural documents and any upgrade work, and if the building was rebuilt after past earthquakes, under which rules.

The climate is zone D. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report reaches the plot.

Key points

  • Northern Irpinia, between Avellino and Benevento.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.259 g.
  • Residents down 9.9% since 2011.
  • Declared incomes slightly above the provincial average.

Overview

Venticano is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,282 residents, ranked 49 of 118 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Venticano 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 0.259 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Venticano, 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 9.9%. 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 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Venticano declared an average taxable income of 20,878 euros, in line with the province (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Venticano is in climate zone D, with 1,864 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 370 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Venticano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.3 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 12.5% of the land in Venticano, 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 Venticano; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Venticano: 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 Venticano 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 49 inhabited census areas in Venticano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 21.8%
  • fair 78.2%

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 064116. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.