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Lizzanello: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Lecce 0, Lizzanello.

Lizzanello and Merine, just south-east of Lecce

Lecce is only a few minutes' drive from Lizzanello, and many residents make the trip every day for work or school. The municipality is made up of two villages, Lizzanello and its hamlet Merine, in the flat Salento countryside south-east of the provincial capital. The ground is limestone with no rivers, and the land between the two centres is a mix of dry-stone walls, olive groves and scattered houses.

The market is shaped by the city next door. In the old centres there are courtyard houses built of pietra leccese, the soft local limestone, often in need of renovation; around them, detached houses and small blocks of flats have gone up for families wanting more space than Lecce offers. If you are looking from abroad, visit Merine as well: it is in the same municipality but has a character of its own.

The population is holding up. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 11,759 residents in 2023, up 1.8% on 2011, in a province where many towns are losing people. It is also younger than average: estimated average age 44.7 against 47.2 for the province, with over-65s at 20.5% against 26.1%. Foreign residents make up 3.4%. For shops and services, Lecce remains the reference point, as the businesses recorded in the village per resident are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are not much of a concern here. All 96 municipalities in the province of Lecce are in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.050 g. In older houses, rising damp in the stone walls, the condition of the vaulted ceilings and roof insulation matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report works back to the plot from the address. With no rivers, the water risk in Salento comes from heavy storms, when rain collects in the lowest parts of the countryside, and the report checks whether the address falls in a flood-prone area.

Key points

  • Two villages, Lizzanello and Merine, a few minutes from Lecce.
  • Population up 1.8% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 20.5%, against 26.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province.

Overview

Lizzanello is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,759 residents, ranked 18 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lizzanello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 96 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 low 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 grown by 1.8%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lizzanello declared an average taxable income of 18,642 euros, in line with the province (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lizzanello is in climate zone C, with 1,110 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 42 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lizzanello has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.4 schools 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 15.7% of the land in Lizzanello, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Lizzanello 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Lizzanello. 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 Lizzanello: 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 Lizzanello 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 22 inhabited census areas in Lizzanello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.9%
  • good 75.1%

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 075038. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.