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Alberona: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Foggia, Puglia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Alberona, a Monti Dauni village above the Tavoliere plain

Alberona sits in the Monti Dauni, the range of hills and low mountains along the western edge of the province of Foggia, looking down on the flat Tavoliere plain. The village is at around seven hundred metres, surrounded by woods, pasture and wheat fields. It is a mountain place well away from the coast: for a hospital, secondary schools and public offices, people go down to Lucera and Foggia.

Houses in the centre are mostly old stone buildings packed together along steep streets. Many need work, so before buying find out the state of the roof, floors and services. The climate is zone E: cold winters, snow is possible, and heating stays on for months. On the slopes around the village, landslide hazard has to be checked case by case, and the report reads it from the official maps for the address.

The village has emptied noticeably. At the end of 2023 it had 857 residents, down 14.5% since 2011, when there were 1,002, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.6, against 45.2 for the province, and over-65s are 29.5%, compared with 23.3% provincially. Foreign residents are 4.9%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Alberona is in seismic zone 2 (zone 1 being the most hazardous), like 51 of the 61 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.147 g. For a stone house in the centre, the useful document is the record of past works: strengthening, ring beams, a new roof. If there is none, a structural survey before completion costs little compared with repairs.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality.

Key points

  • In the Monti Dauni, above the Tavoliere plain.
  • Population down 14.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 29.5%, against 23.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.147 g.

Overview

Alberona is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 857 residents, among the smallest in the province (54 of 61).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alberona is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (51 of 61) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.147 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Alberona, 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 14.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alberona declared an average taxable income of 14,312 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Alberona is in climate zone E, with 2,386 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 732 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alberona has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 3.2% of the land in Alberona, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Alberona is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Puglia in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Alberona.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alberona: 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 Alberona 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 10 inhabited census areas in Alberona. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 6.9%
  • fair 93.1%

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 071002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.