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Bono: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Corso Giovanni Maria Angioy 1, Bono.

Bono, the Goceano village below Monte Rasu

Bono is the main town of the Goceano, a historic district of north-central Sardinia lying on the flanks of the Marghine and Goceano ranges, below Monte Rasu. The village stands at around 500 metres, with a sloping old centre and newer districts on the edges, surrounded by woods, pastures and fields. Giovanni Maria Angioy, a figure of late eighteenth-century Sardinian history, was born in Bono and is still remembered here.

The terrain is hill and mountain, with an economy based on livestock, farming and public services. Sassari and Nuoro are the reference cities, both some distance away, so daily commuting is demanding. Houses are mostly detached homes on several floors, often built of stone blocks or rebuilt in recent decades.

The population is falling: 3,293 residents in 2023, down 9.4% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 45.9, slightly below the province of Sassari (48.3), and over-65s are 25.4%. Foreign residents are few, at 1.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Sardinia is the quietest region in Italy: all 66 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 4, the lowest in the Civil Protection classification, and the expected acceleration in Bono is about 0.050 g. In older houses, damp, roof and systems matter most. In a hillside village it is also worth looking at the slopes near the house, which the report checks on the official maps, along with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Main town of the Goceano, below Monte Rasu.
  • 3,293 residents, down 9.4% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 1.2%, incomes below the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest, like the whole province.

Overview

Bono is a municipality in the province of Sassari, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 3,293 residents, ranked 14 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bono is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 66 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 9.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (48). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bono declared an average taxable income of 18,272 euros, below the provincial average (21,361 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bono is in climate zone D, with 1,934 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 536 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bono has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 2.2% of the land in Bono, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bono 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 Bono: 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 Bono 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 Bono. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 82 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 22.1%
  • very good 77.9%

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 112008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.