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Carmiano: 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 Roma 1, Carmiano.

Carmiano and Magliano, vineyards and olive groves west of Lecce

Drive west from Lecce into the Salento countryside and you reach Carmiano after a few kilometres. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Magliano and is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, on a flat limestone plain with no rivers, crossed by dry-stone walls and farm tracks. Here, as across much of the province of Lecce, the olive trees have been hit by Xylella, a bacterial disease, and the landscape has changed in recent years, with many groves cleared or replanted.

The market is that of a village in Lecce's hinterland. The centre has courtyard houses and small town houses built of pietra leccese, the soft local limestone, with star vaults and inner courtyards, often in need of renovation and modestly priced. Newer areas are mostly detached houses and small blocks of flats. In the countryside there are isolated houses and old farm buildings, where access, utility connections and planning compliance should be checked before making an offer.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 11,653 residents in 2023, down 3.7% on 2011. The estimated average age is 46.7 and over-65s make up 25.6%, in line with the province. Foreign residents account for 3.4%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average. Healthcare facilities are denser than average, 0.86 per 1,000 residents against 0.60 in the province, and the same goes for sports facilities.

Seismic hazard is at the bottom of the national scale: the whole province of Lecce is in zone 4 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.049 g. In stone houses the typical problems lie elsewhere, such as rising damp from the foundations and leaks through flat roof terraces.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. With no watercourses, the risk to check is standing water after heavy storms in the lowest parts of the countryside, which the report reads for the individual address.

Key points

  • Carmiano and its hamlet Magliano, west of Lecce.
  • Population down 3.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Lecce.
  • 0.86 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents.

Overview

Carmiano is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,653 residents, ranked 19 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carmiano 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 0.049 g, a low 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carmiano declared an average taxable income of 18,205 euros, below the provincial average (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carmiano is in climate zone C, with 1,096 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 31 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carmiano has 7 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 10 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 18.5% of the land in Carmiano, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carmiano 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 medium. 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 Carmiano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carmiano: 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 Carmiano 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 31 inhabited census areas in Carmiano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 28.1%
  • good 71.9%

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 075014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.