Casamassima: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Bari, Puglia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Casamassima, the blue village on Bari's doorstep
The old core of Casamassima is known as the blue village, for the houses painted blue in the alleys around the mother church. The town sits on the first step of the Murge plateau, south-east of Bari, a little over two hundred metres up. Its land mixes olive groves and vineyards with large developments along the SS100 road, such as the Baricentro shopping centre and the campus of the LUM private university.
In practice it is part of the Bari metropolitan area. You reach the city by car on the SS100 or by train on the Ferrovie del Sud Est, the regional railway, which has a station in town. Buyers find the old centre, with low houses and alleys, surrounded by districts of apartment blocks and detached houses built in recent decades; in the countryside there are villas and cottages, often first built as summer homes and now lived in all year.
The population is flat: 19,208 residents at the end of 2023 against 19,246 in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Casamassima is younger than the province, with an estimated average age of 44.7 against 45.8 and over-65s at 20.8%. Households average 2.41 people and foreign nationals make up 3.6%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.
The earthquake picture is calm. In the province of Bari, 34 municipalities are in zone 3 and 7 in zone 4 of the Civil Protection Department's classification; Casamassima is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.071 g, a low value. In an older house, the quality of the stone walls, the waterproofing of flat roofs and the state of the wiring and plumbing matter most.
The limestone ground of the Murge soaks up most of the rain, but storm water gathers quickly in hollows and along some country lanes. The report checks the official maps for the land parcel, which it finds on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.
Key points
- Blue-painted old centre, LUM university and Baricentro.
- Ferrovie del Sud Est station, SS100 road to Bari.
- Average age 44.7, younger than the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.071 g.
Overview
Casamassima is a municipality in the province of Bari, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 19,208 residents, ranked 22 of 41 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casamassima is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 41) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.071 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Casamassima declared an average taxable income of 20,720 euros, in line with the province (21,788 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Casamassima is in climate zone D, with 1,648 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 223 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Casamassima has 8 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 15 healthcare facilities, 17 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.4 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 9.7% of the land in Casamassima, compared with 9.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.8 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Casamassima 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 Casamassima.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Casamassima: 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 Casamassima 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 45 inhabited census areas in Casamassima. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 14.0%
- good 86.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Puglia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 072015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.