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Carpino: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Giuseppe Mazzini 1, Carpino.

Carpino, folk music and olive groves on the northern Gargano

Anyone who knows Italian folk music links Carpino with its singers and players of the chitarra battente, a strummed folk guitar, and with the summer festival named after the town. Carpino lies on the northern side of the Gargano peninsula, inside the national park, on high ground looking towards Lake Varano and the Adriatic. Terraced olive groves and woods surround it, and olive oil is one of its main products.

The old town is made up of narrow stone and plaster houses, often on two or three floors with steep stairs, built along sloping streets. Many were left behind by emigrants and now come onto the market at low prices, but they need work on roofs, services and walls. The nearest beaches are a short drive away, and some buyers look here for a second home away from the crowded summer coast.

In 2023 there were 3,772 residents, down 12.4% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 47.7 against 45.2 in the province of Foggia, and over-65s make up 26.6%. Foreign residents account for 7.9%. Average declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

The Gargano is seismically active. Carpino is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 50 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.201 g. Before buying an old masonry house, ask for a technical survey of the walls and floors. Climate zone C means mild winters.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps. On the slopes of the promontory the ground is often steep, so gradient and landslide maps are checked for the specific address.

Key points

  • Folk guitar town on the northern Gargano, facing Lake Varano.
  • 3,772 residents in 2023, down 12.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.201 g.
  • Low-priced stone houses, but renovation costs must be budgeted.

Overview

Carpino is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,772 residents, ranked 26 of 61 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carpino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (51 of 61) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.201 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Carpino, 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 12.4%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carpino declared an average taxable income of 14,179 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carpino is in climate zone C, with 1,368 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 147 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carpino has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 2.3% of the land in Carpino, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carpino 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 Carpino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carpino: 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 Carpino 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 Carpino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 45.7%
  • good 54.3%

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 071012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.