Corleto Perticara: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Potenza, Basilicata. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Corleto Perticara, a mountain village in the heart of Basilicata
Corleto Perticara is a mountain village in the province of Potenza, in the Lucanian Apennines, with its town hall at around seven hundred and fifty metres. The regional capital lies to the north-west, about an hour away on mountain roads, and for some services people also look to the towns in the nearby valleys. Woods, pastures and farmed slopes surround the village.
The old centre is built on the hillside, with stone and masonry houses packed closely together and steep streets; newer buildings stand on the edges. The climate is zone E, with cold winters and possible snow, so insulation, windows and heating weigh on running costs. On such uneven ground the report checks gradient and the official landslide maps for the address.
Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,283 residents in 2023, down 12.4% since 2011. The average age is 48.1, close to the provincial 47.3, and foreign residents make up 4.6%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.
The Lucanian Apennines are an important seismic area: 40 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. Corleto Perticara is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department scale, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.176 g. For a stone house in the centre, ask whether it has been strengthened and have a surveyor tell you the state of the walls, floors and roof.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Corleto Perticara, and the report reaches the plot starting from the address.
Key points
- Mountain village in the Lucanian Apennines, with cold winters.
- Hillside centre of closely packed stone houses.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.176 g.
- Residents down 12.4% since 2011.
Overview
Corleto Perticara is a municipality in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata. At the end of 2023 it had 2,283 residents, ranked 42 of 100 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Corleto Perticara is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2c. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 100) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.176 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Corleto Perticara, 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, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Corleto Perticara declared an average taxable income of 20,688 euros, in line with the province (20,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Corleto Perticara is in climate zone E, with 2,242 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 757 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Corleto Perticara has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.
There are 1.8 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.3).
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 3.3% of the land in Corleto Perticara, compared with 3.5% in the province and 3.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 0.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
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 7 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Corleto Perticara. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Corleto Perticara: 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 Corleto Perticara 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 27 inhabited census areas in Corleto Perticara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 6.4%
- good 93.6%
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
- 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.
- 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 076029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.