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Alessano: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Nazionale 0, Alessano.

Alessano, near the tip of the heel at Santa Maria di Leuca

At the very tip of Salento, the heel of Italy, about fifteen kilometres from Santa Maria di Leuca, Alessano has an old centre of grand houses and churches and, higher up, the hamlet of Montesardo, which looks out over the low ridges of the countryside. The town is known across Italy as the birthplace and burial place of don Tonino Bello, a much-loved bishop of Molfetta, whose grave draws visitors all year.

The landscape is typical of southern Salento: olive groves, dry-stone walls, stone field huts and fortified farms, with the sea a few kilometres away on both the Adriatic and the Ionian side. Alongside village houses there is a market in country homes and holiday houses. With rural buildings, get a surveyor to check planning compliance and landscape restrictions, which are common here, before counting on extensions or a pool.

For schools and health care Alessano serves the surrounding villages. The data list 9 education sites and 6 healthcare facilities, more than the provincial average per resident, and the nearest hospital is in Tricase.

The population is falling, as in much of the Leuca area. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,038 residents in 2023, 442 fewer than in 2011, a drop of 6.8%. Average age, 47.2, matches the province of Lecce, and 26.5% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals are 3.3%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

All 96 municipalities in the province of Lecce are in seismic zone 4, the lowest in the scale used by the Civil Protection Department, and in Alessano expected ground acceleration is about 0.065 g. In houses built of tufa and local stone, damp in the walls, vaulted ceilings and the waterproofing of flat roof terraces matter more. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Town near Leuca, with the hilltop hamlet of Montesardo.
  • Birthplace of don Tonino Bello.
  • Seismic zone 4, like every municipality around Lecce.
  • 6,038 residents in 2023, down 6.8% since 2011.

Overview

Alessano is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,038 residents, ranked 42 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alessano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 96 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.065 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 6.8%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alessano declared an average taxable income of 17,248 euros, below the provincial average (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alessano has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.5 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 15.8% of the land in Alessano, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Alessano 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Alessano, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alessano: 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 Alessano 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 35 inhabited census areas in Alessano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.8%
  • good 65.2%
  • very good 29.1%

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 075002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.