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Cellamare: 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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Cellamare, the smallest municipality around Bari

Cellamare has the smallest land area of any municipality in the metropolitan area of Bari, in Puglia. The town lies on the main road from Bari to Casamassima, just past Capurso, and borders only Capurso, Casamassima and Noicattaro. The old centre clusters around the baronial castle, once home to the local lords, with the mother church and the civic tower a few steps away. The name also turns up in French history books: the Cellamare conspiracy, plotted in Paris in the eighteenth century, takes its name from the Prince of Cellamare, then Spain's ambassador.

Today it is mainly a residential town in Bari's commuter belt. People who buy here often work in Bari or nearby towns and drive; homes are mostly low blocks of flats and detached houses built in recent decades around the old core, on almost flat ground a little over 100 metres up. It is in climate zone C, with mild winters. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average, and on such a small territory there is little free land left to build on.

Population growth tells the same story: 5,810 residents in 2023, 5.8% more than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Cellamare is much younger than average: a mean age of 42.3 against 45.8, and over-65s at 16.5% against 23.7% for the province. Households have 2.65 members on average and foreign residents are just 0.6%.

Around Bari, 34 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 7 in zone 4, on the scale set by the Protezione Civile (Italy's Civil Protection Department). Cellamare is in zone 3, with expected acceleration of about 0.069 g, a low hazard. For blocks from the 1970s and 80s, the condition of the reinforced concrete, balconies and facades matters more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report works back from the address to the plot. Around Bari, heavy storms can quickly fill the lame, the shallow natural channels in the ground, so flood hazard is checked for the individual address.

Key points

  • Smallest land area of any municipality in the Bari metropolitan area.
  • 5,810 residents, up 5.8% since 2011.
  • Over-65s just 16.5%, against 23.7% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.069 g.

Overview

Cellamare is a municipality in the province of Bari, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,810 residents, among the smallest in the province (39 of 41).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cellamare 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 0.069 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 resident population has grown by 5.8%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (46). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 0.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cellamare declared an average taxable income of 20,775 euros, in line with the province (21,788 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cellamare is in climate zone C, with 1,339 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 110 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cellamare has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 17.5% of the land in Cellamare, compared with 9.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cellamare 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 low. 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 Cellamare.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cellamare: 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 Cellamare 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 20 inhabited census areas in Cellamare. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.5%
  • fair 10.4%
  • good 88.1%

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 072018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.