Vietri di Potenza: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Potenza, Basilicata. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Vietri di Potenza, Basilicata hills on the way to Campania
Vietri di Potenza lies in the hills of western Basilicata, south-west of the regional capital, along the route that links Potenza with Campania and the motorway towards Salerno. The old centre is packed onto a rise, and around it the land is made up of farmed slopes, woods and houses scattered across rural districts.
Location is the main reason people choose to live here. Potenza, with its public-sector jobs, hospital and university, can be reached by car, and Campania is not far either. The market offers stone houses in the centre, often needing renovation, and newer detached homes on the edge of the village. The climate is zone D, with cool winters.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,650 residents in 2023, down 9.2% since 2011. The average age is 47.7, close to the provincial 47.3, over-65s make up 26.3% and foreign residents 1.9%.
Earthquakes need careful thought. Vietri is in seismic zone 1, the highest, like 39 other municipalities in the province of Potenza, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.252 g. Before buying, ask for the year of construction and any paperwork for rebuilding or strengthening, and for masonry houses get an engineer to check the structure.
On slopes, the gradient of the plot matters. The report measures it at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and links the address to its land parcel.
Key points
- Basilicata hills south-west of Potenza
- On the route between Potenza and Campania
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.252 g
- 2,650 residents, down 9.2% since 2011
Overview
Vietri di Potenza is a municipality in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata. At the end of 2023 it had 2,650 residents, ranked 37 of 100 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vietri di Potenza is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 1a. Only 40 of 100 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Vietri di Potenza, 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 9.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 1.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vietri di Potenza declared an average taxable income of 18,762 euros, below the provincial average (20,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Vietri di Potenza is in climate zone D, with 1,645 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 405 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vietri di Potenza has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.
There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 5.3% of the land in Vietri di Potenza, compared with 3.5% in the province and 3.2% 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 Vietri di Potenza.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vietri di Potenza: 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 Vietri di Potenza 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 18 inhabited census areas in Vietri di Potenza. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 5.9%
- fair 94.1%
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 076096. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.