Silence index
The 100 most silent towns in Italy
Silence is measurable. We scored every comune in the catalogue from 0 to 100 on the numbers that predict quiet: how many people live there, how thinly they spread over the land, how long the drive from the nearest airport hub, how far the nearest big town, and whether a train can reach it. Higher means more silent. No opinion was consulted.
Each factor is ranked across all thousand towns before it is weighted, so no single unit dominates. Every town page carries its own score in the facts row.
- 1Alessandria del CarrettoCalabria96
- 2CivitacampomaranoMolise95
- 3MadesimoLombardy95
- 4Santo Stefano di SessanioAbruzzo95
- 5Capraia IsolaTuscany94
- 6AietaCalabria94
- 7MacugnagaPiedmont94
- 8CappadociaAbruzzo94
- 9MonteviascoLombardy94
- 10La ThuileAosta Valley94
- 11MonteferranteAbruzzo94
- 12TrioraLiguria94
- 13Guardia PerticaraBasilicata93
- 14MontelapianoAbruzzo93
- 15Terranova di PollinoBasilicata93
- 16Castelvecchio CalvisioAbruzzo93
- 17CalascioAbruzzo92
- 18Civitella AlfedenaAbruzzo91
- 19Castel del MonteAbruzzo91
- 20AlianoBasilicata91
- 21PietrapertosaBasilicata91
- 22PescopennataroMolise90
- 23PietracamelaAbruzzo90
- 24VillalagoAbruzzo90
- 25BarreaAbruzzo90
- 26RoccamandolfiMolise89
- 27GuardialfieraMolise89
- 28Anversa degli AbruzziAbruzzo89
- 29RadicofaniTuscany89
- 30Villetta BarreaAbruzzo89
- 31EtroublesAosta Valley89
- 32OfenaAbruzzo88
- 33Bagnoli del TrignoMolise88
- 34CastelmezzanoBasilicata88
- 35ApricaleLiguria88
- 36NavelliAbruzzo88
- 37CalvelloBasilicata88
- 38Campo di GioveAbruzzo88
- 39RoccavivaraMolise88
- 40Alagna ValsesiaPiedmont88
- 41BovaCalabria88
- 42Castel del GiudiceMolise88
- 43PacentroAbruzzo87
- 44AlbidonaCalabria87
- 45MorigeratiCampania87
- 46AritzoSardinia87
- 47MontrestaSardinia87
- 48Goriano SicoliAbruzzo87
- 49Limone PiemontePiedmont87
- 50RivisondoliAbruzzo87
- 51CapracottaMolise87
- 52PizzoneMolise86
- 53SaurisFriuli-Venezia Giulia86
- 54OrmeaPiedmont86
- 55AccetturaBasilicata86
- 56ScannoAbruzzo86
- 57PescocostanzoAbruzzo86
- 58MorinoAbruzzo86
- 59ScontroneAbruzzo85
- 60Forni di SottoFriuli-Venezia Giulia85
- 61OrioloCalabria85
- 62San Mauro ForteBasilicata85
- 63Monteleone di SpoletoUmbria85
- 64Pettorano sul GizioAbruzzo85
- 65ChiusdinoTuscany85
- 66Arquata del TrontoMarche85
- 67Monte Santa Maria TiberinaUmbria85
- 68SperlingaSicily84
- 69Castiglione d'OrciaTuscany84
- 70Fara San MartinoAbruzzo84
- 71FortezzaTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol84
- 72OvindoliAbruzzo84
- 73BauneiSardinia84
- 74CogneAosta Valley84
- 75OssanaTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol84
- 76ValtournencheAosta Valley84
- 77AggiusSardinia84
- 78AlfedenaAbruzzo84
- 79Civita d'AntinoAbruzzo84
- 80Sasso di CastaldaBasilicata84
- 81PerinaldoLiguria84
- 82Castel di LucioSicily84
- 83PiciniscoLazio83
- 84PienzaTuscany83
- 85GaltellìSardinia83
- 86Geraci SiculoSicily83
- 87OrgosoloSardinia83
- 88Lama dei PeligniAbruzzo83
- 89OstanaPiedmont83
- 90GlurnsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol83
- 91TrequandaTuscany83
- 92Pieve TesinoTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol83
- 93CracoBasilicata82
- 94SeborgaLiguria82
- 95UlassaiSardinia82
- 96CapestranoAbruzzo82
- 97VissoMarche82
- 98PreciUmbria82
- 99UsseauxPiedmont82
- 100RoccacasaleAbruzzo82
Method: population 30%, population density 20%, drive to the nearest airport hub 25%, distance to the nearest hub town 15%, no railway station 10%. Density uses comune surface areas; drive times come from our road-network computation across fifteen hub airports. The index is our own reading of the public numbers, recomputed when the catalogue changes.
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