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Cossoine: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cossoine, a Meilogu village of plateaus and pasture

Cossoine lies in the Meilogu, an area of plateaus, hills and grazing land at the heart of the province of Sassari in northern Sardinia. The village stands at about 500 metres, gathered around the church and the streets of the centre, with open countryside just beyond the last houses. Sassari is the city people rely on for hospital care, university and public offices, and it is reached by car.

Like many inland Sardinian villages, Cossoine has lost residents. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 900 in 2011 and 753 in 2023, 16.3% fewer. The average age is 52.3, against 48.3 in the province, and over-65s make up 35.6%, well above the provincial 26.6%. Households are small, 1.95 people on average. Declared income is below the provincial average.

For buyers, the market consists almost entirely of village houses, often built of stone and extended over time, sometimes with a courtyard or a small vegetable plot. Before buying, look at the roof, damp in the walls, the wiring and plumbing, and whether work carried out over the years was properly permitted. This is climate zone D: cool winters, windy on the high ground, and hot summers.

Seismic hazard is low. All 66 municipalities in the province of Sassari are in zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection Department, and the expected ground acceleration in Cossoine is about 0.050 g.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality: the report goes from the address to the land parcel and checks ground slope, landslides and nearby watercourses on the official maps.

Key points

  • Meilogu village at about 500 metres, among plateaus and pasture.
  • Population down 16.3% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 35.6%, against 26.6% in the province.
  • All 66 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.

Overview

Cossoine is a municipality in the province of Sassari, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 753 residents, ranked 43 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cossoine is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 66 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a moderate 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 16.3%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cossoine declared an average taxable income of 16,950 euros, below the provincial average (21,361 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cossoine is in climate zone D, with 1,921 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 529 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cossoine has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 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 2.6% of the land in Cossoine, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cossoine is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cossoine: 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 Cossoine 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 2 inhabited census areas in Cossoine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 100.0%

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

ISTAT code 112020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.