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Bitti: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Brigata Sassari 1, Bitti.

Bitti, on the granite upland north of Nuoro

Bitti is a village in inland Sardinia, north of Nuoro, on a granite upland of pastures where sheep farming is still important. Its name is known beyond the island for canto a tenore, the four-voice folk polyphony listed by Unesco as intangible heritage, and within its territory lies the nuraghic sanctuary of Su Romanzesu, among cork oak woods.

Anyone looking at a house here will mostly find stone houses and homes built after the Second World War, often on two floors, in a village that climbs a slope. Basic services are available, but for the hospital, secondary schools and many offices people go to Nuoro, reached by car on hill roads. The climate is zone D, with cool, windy winters.

The population is shrinking. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,547 residents in 2023, down 15.6% on 2011, with an average age of 49.2 (provincial figure 48.3) and 31.1% over 65. Foreign residents are few, 2.0%.

Sardinia has the lowest seismic activity in Italy: Bitti is in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.050 g. In older houses what matters most is the roof, damp in the stone walls and the state of the systems.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. For each address the report checks the official flood and landslide maps and measures the distance to services.

Key points

  • Granite upland north of Nuoro, sheep farming country
  • Canto a tenore and the nuraghic sanctuary of Su Romanzesu
  • 2,547 residents, down 15.6% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest: acceleration 0.050 g

Overview

Bitti is a municipality in the province of Nuoro, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,547 residents, ranked 12 of 53 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bitti is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 53 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 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 15.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bitti declared an average taxable income of 18,990 euros, in line with the province (19,512 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bitti is in climate zone D, with 1,646 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 549 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bitti has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 1.4% of the land in Bitti, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bitti is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bitti: 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 Bitti 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 16 inhabited census areas in Bitti. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.7%
  • good 99.3%

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 114006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.