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Vitulano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Benevento, 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 San Pietro 1, Vitulano.

Vitulano, a hill village below Mount Camposauro

Vitulano looks over the Vitulanese valley from the slopes of the Taburno-Camposauro massif, west of Benevento. The village stands at around 400 metres, with a compact old centre and newer houses spreading down towards the valley. Its name is linked to the marble quarried here, once used in major building projects across Campania. Above the houses begins the Taburno-Camposauro regional park, with woods and footpaths.

For a buyer, Vitulano is a hill village with everyday services, and Benevento a drive away for everything else. Houses in the centre are stone-built, often terraced and on sloping streets; lower down there are detached houses and small blocks from recent decades. Climate zone D means cool winters and warm but breezy summers.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, Vitulano has 2,749 residents (2023), down 6.2% on 2011. The average age of 45.7 is slightly below the provincial figure of 46.5. Residents over 65 make up 23.8% and foreign nationals 3.2%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 1, like 48 of the 78 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.238 g. This matters in any purchase: for an older building ask for records of structural work, and for a newer one the year of design and the building code it followed.

The slopes of Camposauro are steep and cut by gullies. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address and measures the gradient of the ground.

Key points

  • Hill village on the Taburno-Camposauro slopes, west of Benevento
  • 2,749 residents, down 6.2% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 1, like 48 municipalities in the province
  • Expected acceleration 0.238 g: how the building was made matters

Overview

Vitulano is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,749 residents, ranked 27 of 78 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vitulano is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (48 of 78) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.238 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vitulano, 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 6.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vitulano declared an average taxable income of 19,040 euros, in line with the province (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vitulano is in climate zone D, with 1,853 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 430 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vitulano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 4.5% of the land in Vitulano, 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

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Vitulano. 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 Vitulano: 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 Vitulano 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 15 inhabited census areas in Vitulano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.1%
  • fair 87.9%

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 062077. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.