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Environment23 July 2026

Italy's most paved-over town isn't in the industrial North

In Casavatore, near Naples, 91.8% of the land is sealed under concrete and asphalt. The top seven towns in the ISPRA ranking all sit in the province of Naples.

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Italy's most paved-over town isn't in the industrial North

Schools are closing in Naples and opening in Fiumicino

From the Grand Tour to mass tourism: where the beds went

Italy's best recycling town isn't in the north. It's Domicella

In a country that stops having children, Giugliano runs a surplus

Italy's demographic winter has exceptions: where children are still born

Italy's most crime-ridden province isn't Naples

Italy's poorest town sits above Lake Como

Italy's most paved-over town is nowhere near Lombardy

The town that has emptied out the most isn't in the south

Banks leave the towns that are oldest, not the ones down south

Foreigners live where Italy empties out, not where it fears them

In Campania, more babies are still born than people die

Italy's richest towns recycle worse than its poorest

Italy's oldest town has a pharmacy. The bank is just an address

Italy's best recycling town isn't in the north — it's near Naples

Italy keeps sealing land where the population is shrinking

In Ponza, homes cost as much as the Amalfi Coast. Incomes don't.

Milan is emptying in the centre and growing where no one looks

Italy's 5.4% unemployment is an average that exists nowhere

Purchasing Power in Italy: Where Your Salary Is Really Worth More

House Prices in Italy: The Most Expensive and Cheapest Towns

Rents in Italy: The Most Expensive and Most Affordable Cities

Italy's Smallest Municipalities: A Journey Through Villages With Fewer Than 100 Inhabitants

Extreme Geography: Italy's Highest, Largest and Smallest Municipalities

75 Years of Censuses: How Italy's Population Changed from 1951 to 2026

Italy's Disappeared Municipalities: 345 Abolitions Through Mergers and Suppressions

Aging Italy: The Country's Oldest and Youngest Towns

Singles, Married and Divorced: Italians' Marital Status, City by City

Italy's Schools: The Map of Institutes and the Towns Left Without

Crime in Italy: the safest and hardest-hit provinces for thefts, robberies and fraud

Italy's most fragile municipalities: employment, education and landslide risk

Hospitals in Italy: the ranking of municipalities by hospital beds

Pharmacy deserts: the Italian municipalities without a pharmacy

The car fleet of Italian municipalities: record motorization rates and the oldest cars

Recycling in Italy: the best municipalities for separate waste collection and fifteen years of change

Museums in Italy: the most visited art cities, from Rome to provincial surprises

Tourism in Italy: arrivals, overnight stays and seasonality in the most visited provinces

Agriturismo in Italy: the capitals of the farm-stay holiday, from Grosseto to South Tyrol

Banking desertification: the closed branches and the Italian towns left without a bank

The Vanishing Towns: A Map of Depopulating Italy

Where Life Is Best in Italy: The Quality-of-Life Ranking

Italy's Greenest Towns: Clean Air and Soil Consumption

Italy's Richest and Poorest Towns: The Income Map

Italy in 2050: Population Projections, Town by Town

The Safest Towns in Italy: The Road-Accident Map

Foreign Residents in Italy: Which Towns Have the Most

Cost of Living in Italy: North vs South, Town by Town

Salaries and Income in Italian Municipalities: The Complete Ranking

Air Quality in Italy: Where You Can Breathe Best

Residents in Italy: How Many and Where They Live, Municipality by Municipality

Livability of Italian Municipalities: Updated Rankings

Foreign Residents in Italy: Data Municipality by Municipality

Birth Rates Across Italian Regions: A Data Comparison

Italy's Most Populated Municipalities: Updated Rankings

Birth and Death Rates in Italy: The Map of Demographic Decline

Population Density in Italy: From Naples to Deserted Villages

Pollution in the Po Valley: Data Municipality by Municipality

Italy's Greenest Municipalities: Soil Consumption Ranking

Quality of Life in Italy: Municipal Rankings

Articles

Italy's most paved-over town isn't in the industrial North

Schools are closing in Naples and opening in Fiumicino

From the Grand Tour to mass tourism: where the beds went

Italy's best recycling town isn't in the north. It's Domicella

In a country that stops having children, Giugliano runs a surplus

Italy's demographic winter has exceptions: where children are still born

Italy's most crime-ridden province isn't Naples

Italy's poorest town sits above Lake Como

Italy's most paved-over town is nowhere near Lombardy

The town that has emptied out the most isn't in the south

Banks leave the towns that are oldest, not the ones down south

Foreigners live where Italy empties out, not where it fears them

In Campania, more babies are still born than people die

Italy's richest towns recycle worse than its poorest

Italy's oldest town has a pharmacy. The bank is just an address

Italy's best recycling town isn't in the north — it's near Naples

Italy keeps sealing land where the population is shrinking

In Ponza, homes cost as much as the Amalfi Coast. Incomes don't.