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Bugnara: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo. 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: Corso Vittorio Emanuele Terzo 1, Bugnara.

Bugnara, a castle above the Peligna Valley

Bugnara stands on the edge of the Valle Peligna, the basin around Sulmona, with its old centre perched below the castle and the hamlet of Torre dei Nolfi as a second settlement. Mountains close off the basin on every side. Sulmona is the town people rely on for secondary schools, the hospital, the railway station and public offices, and for many residents for work too.

In the old centre the houses are stone, built against one another along steep lanes where you often cannot drive up to the door. Lower down and in the hamlet there are newer buildings with gardens and easy access. These are two different kinds of purchase, not least in upkeep costs. The climate is zone E, with cold winters, so insulation and the boiler matter as much as the location.

In 2023 Bugnara had 1,008 residents, down 8.9% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.1, slightly above the provincial figure (47.5), over-65s make up 29.1% and foreign residents 4.9%. Households have 2.16 members on average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 1, like 102 other municipalities in the province of L'Aquila, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.260 g. For a stone house in the centre, ask whether any seismic strengthening has been carried out, under which permits, and ask to see the engineer's reports.

Cadastral maps come from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), and the report uses them to go from the address to the plot. There it checks the slope, the official landslide and flood maps and the price band, which can vary a good deal between the upper village and the areas towards the valley.

Key points

  • Village below the castle, on the edge of the Sulmona basin.
  • 1,008 residents in 2023, down 8.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.260 g.
  • Stone houses in the centre, newer homes towards the valley.

Overview

Bugnara is a municipality in the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 1,008 residents, ranked 50 of 108 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bugnara is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (103 of 108) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.260 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Bugnara, 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 8.9%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (48). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bugnara declared an average taxable income of 22,784 euros, in line with the province (22,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bugnara is in climate zone E, with 2,327 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 580 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bugnara has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 3.0% of the land in Bugnara, compared with 3.2% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Bugnara.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bugnara: 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 Bugnara 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 11 inhabited census areas in Bugnara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.4%
  • fair 95.6%

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 066012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.