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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. It is our own index, computed from public figures, and not a measurement anyone took in the street.

  1. 1Alessandria del CarrettoCalabria96
  2. 2CivitacampomaranoMolise95
  3. 3MadesimoLombardy95
  4. 4Santo Stefano di SessanioAbruzzo95
  5. 5Capraia IsolaTuscany94
  6. 6AietaCalabria94
  7. 7MacugnagaPiedmont94
  8. 8CappadociaAbruzzo94
  9. 9MonteviascoLombardy94
  10. 10La ThuileAosta Valley94
  11. 11MonteferranteAbruzzo94
  12. 12TrioraLiguria94
  13. 13Guardia PerticaraBasilicata93
  14. 14MontelapianoAbruzzo93
  15. 15Terranova di PollinoBasilicata93
  16. 16Castelvecchio CalvisioAbruzzo93
  17. 17CalascioAbruzzo92
  18. 18Civitella AlfedenaAbruzzo91
  19. 19Castel del MonteAbruzzo91
  20. 20AlianoBasilicata91
  21. 21PietrapertosaBasilicata91
  22. 22PescopennataroMolise90
  23. 23PietracamelaAbruzzo90
  24. 24VillalagoAbruzzo90
  25. 25BarreaAbruzzo90
  26. 26RoccamandolfiMolise89
  27. 27GuardialfieraMolise89
  28. 28Anversa degli AbruzziAbruzzo89
  29. 29RadicofaniTuscany89
  30. 30Villetta BarreaAbruzzo89
  31. 31EtroublesAosta Valley89
  32. 32OfenaAbruzzo88
  33. 33Bagnoli del TrignoMolise88
  34. 34CastelmezzanoBasilicata88
  35. 35ApricaleLiguria88
  36. 36NavelliAbruzzo88
  37. 37CalvelloBasilicata88
  38. 38Campo di GioveAbruzzo88
  39. 39RoccavivaraMolise88
  40. 40Alagna ValsesiaPiedmont88
  41. 41BovaCalabria88
  42. 42Castel del GiudiceMolise88
  43. 43PacentroAbruzzo87
  44. 44AlbidonaCalabria87
  45. 45MorigeratiCampania87
  46. 46AritzoSardinia87
  47. 47MontrestaSardinia87
  48. 48Goriano SicoliAbruzzo87
  49. 49Limone PiemontePiedmont87
  50. 50RivisondoliAbruzzo87
  51. 51CapracottaMolise87
  52. 52PizzoneMolise86
  53. 53SaurisFriuli-Venezia Giulia86
  54. 54OrmeaPiedmont86
  55. 55AccetturaBasilicata86
  56. 56ScannoAbruzzo86
  57. 57PescocostanzoAbruzzo86
  58. 58MorinoAbruzzo86
  59. 59ScontroneAbruzzo85
  60. 60Forni di SottoFriuli-Venezia Giulia85
  61. 61OrioloCalabria85
  62. 62San Mauro ForteBasilicata85
  63. 63Monteleone di SpoletoUmbria85
  64. 64Pettorano sul GizioAbruzzo85
  65. 65ChiusdinoTuscany85
  66. 66Arquata del TrontoMarche85
  67. 67Monte Santa Maria TiberinaUmbria85
  68. 68SperlingaSicily84
  69. 69Castiglione d'OrciaTuscany84
  70. 70Fara San MartinoAbruzzo84
  71. 71FortezzaTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol84
  72. 72OvindoliAbruzzo84
  73. 73BauneiSardinia84
  74. 74CogneAosta Valley84
  75. 75OssanaTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol84
  76. 76ValtournencheAosta Valley84
  77. 77AggiusSardinia84
  78. 78AlfedenaAbruzzo84
  79. 79Civita d'AntinoAbruzzo84
  80. 80Sasso di CastaldaBasilicata84
  81. 81PerinaldoLiguria84
  82. 82Castel di LucioSicily84
  83. 83PiciniscoLazio83
  84. 84PienzaTuscany83
  85. 85GaltellìSardinia83
  86. 86Geraci SiculoSicily83
  87. 87OrgosoloSardinia83
  88. 88Lama dei PeligniAbruzzo83
  89. 89OstanaPiedmont83
  90. 90GlurnsTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol83
  91. 91TrequandaTuscany83
  92. 92Pieve TesinoTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol83
  93. 93CracoBasilicata82
  94. 94SeborgaLiguria82
  95. 95UlassaiSardinia82
  96. 96CapestranoAbruzzo82
  97. 97VissoMarche82
  98. 98PreciUmbria82
  99. 99UsseauxPiedmont82
  100. 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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