Benevento ZTL 2026: Plate-Registered Permits, €83-332
Zona a Traffico Limitato · Italy · Active since 2006
Source: official source · Verified: 2026-09-19
Benevento's ZTL runs on registered plates, not Euro classes: the comune grants a permanent authorisation to residents, owners, clergy, doctors and a few other categories. Everyone else risks €83-332.
Benevento's ZTL is not an emission zone. The comune issues a permanent authorisation tied to a specific number plate, and it is granted by category — residents with a registered lease, property owners, people with a garage inside the zone, clergy, municipal administrators and doctors visiting patients in the centre. Everyone else is outside it, whatever they drive.
Locally the zone is called Zona a Traffico Limitato Benevento (Italy) — that is the wording on the boundary signs, on the official portal and on any penalty notice, so it is the phrase to search for once you are there.
Next
- Check your own car against Benevento — enter your fuel and Euro class, get a yes or no in one step.
- Nocera Inferiore has a zone too — the nearest one to Benevento, and the rules are not identical.
- If a fine arrives after you get home — who pays on a hire car, and what is actually enforceable across borders.
Practical answers for Benevento
- When is the Benevento zone active?
- Not published by the comune; the sign at each varco is the binding reference
- How much does it cost to drive into Benevento?
- Two EUR 16 revenue stamps; permit issued in about 20 days, permanent until the qualifying condition ends · ZTL permit required Get it wrong and the penalty is EUR 83-332 (Codice della Strada art. 7, unauthorised entry to a limited traffic zone).
- Do I need to register or buy anything first?
- Entry is controlled by permit or residency, not by your engine’s emission class — a brand-new car still needs authorisation.
- Who is exempt in Benevento?
- Electric vehicles, Residents with permit, Hotel guests (register at accommodation) and Disabled badge holders. Exemptions are usually not automatic — most require registering your number plate in advance.
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Benevento’s historic centre is a permit ZTL, and the permit is attached to a number plate, not to a vehicle’s emissions. The comune states it plainly: access to these restricted streets “è subordinato alla registrazione della targa del veicolo al rilascio di un’autorizzazione”. Drive in without that registration and the Highway Code sanction is €83–332.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Zone type | ZTL |
| City | Benevento |
| Country | Italy |
| Entry criterion | Registered plate + authorisation (not Euro class) |
| Permit type | Permanent, valid until the qualifying condition ends |
| Application | 20 days, two €16 revenue stamps |
| Fine | €83–332 |
| Enforcement | Camera gates with plate recognition |
Can your car enter Benevento?
Enter your vehicle's fuel + Euro class → instant verdict for Benevento (ZTL). Fine if wrong: EUR 83-332 (Codice della Strada art. 7, unauthorised entry to a limited traffic zone).
Benevento ZTL — Zona a Traffico Limitato
The Zona a Traffico Limitato protects the historic centre by limiting who may drive in, not what they drive. Access depends on an authorisation issued by the comune against a specific plate (Comune di Benevento — Zone a Traffico Limitato).
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Who Can Enter?
The comune lists the qualifying categories:
- Residents of the ZTL streets, including tenants whose lease or comodato is registered with the tax authorities
- Property owners inside the zone
- People with a garage or parking space within the restricted streets
- Clergy and municipal administrators
- Doctors attending patients in the historic centre
Visitors staying in the centre normally get in by having their accommodation register the plate, which is the same mechanism applied to a different category.
Getting the authorisation
It is a paper-and-stamp process rather than an online one: the comune quotes 20 days to issue the permit and asks for two €16 revenue stamps. The traffic office takes applications on Monday and Wednesday from 09:30 to 12:00 and on Thursday from 15:00 to 17:00.
Operating Hours
The comune does not publish a fixed daily window for the ZTL. Weekday hours of roughly 08:00–20:00 circulate on travel sites, but no official source confirms them, so the sign at the gate you are about to cross is the binding reference.
Fines
Entering a limited-traffic zone without authorisation is an administrative offence under article 7 of the Codice della Strada, which sets a sanction of €83 to €332 (Normattiva).
Tips for Visitors
- Ask your hotel to register your plate before you drive in; that is the practical route for a visitor
- Do not reason from your car being “clean enough” — the gate checks the plate against a list
- Read the sign at the varco rather than an hours table you found online
- If you are renting, remember the notice follows the plate and reaches you through the rental company
Recent changes to this page
- Checked against the comune's ZTL service page and article 7 of the Highway Code. The fine was published here as €83-160; the range for entering a limited-traffic zone is €83-332. The claim that 13 electronic gates watch the centre is not on the comune's page and has been dropped, as has the weekday 08:00-20:00 window, which the comune does not publish either. Added what it does publish: how the permanent authorisation works, who qualifies and what it takes to get one.
- Re-verified fine (EUR 83-332) and requirements against Italy authority portal.
- Confirmed ZTL permit required remains mandatory; 2026 ruleset unchanged.
- Updated enforcement procedure notes after seasonal review cycle.
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