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Lucera: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Foggia, 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 Giuseppe Mazzini 1, Lucera.

Lucera, the Swabian-Angevin fortress above the Tavoliere

Lucera looks down on the Tavoliere, the great wheat plain of northern Puglia, from three low hills on the edge of the Daunian Mountains, some twenty kilometres north-west of Foggia. Emperor Frederick II moved the Muslims of Sicily here and built a palace, around which the Angevins raised the huge fortress still standing today, with walls almost a kilometre long. The town also has a Roman amphitheatre and a Gothic cathedral, and the historic centre is made of noble palazzi and low houses.

The economy rests on farming, Tavoliere wheat, olive oil and services for the villages of the Daunian Mountains. People working in Foggia drive there every day. For buyers, the historic centre offers large houses and palazzi at modest prices, often needing work, while districts of apartment blocks from recent decades have spread around it. In the countryside there are rural houses and farmsteads (masserie) with land.

The figure that weighs most is the falling population. There were 30,723 residents in 2023, down 10.5% on 2011, or 3,610 fewer people. A market with many homes for sale keeps prices low and makes negotiations longer, including when you come to sell. The estimated average age is 45.6, close to the 45.2 of the province of Foggia, over-65s make up 23.5% and foreign nationals 3.7%. Average incomes are a little above the provincial figure.

The whole province of Foggia has medium to high seismic hazard in the Civil Protection classification: 10 municipalities are in zone 1 and 51 in zone 2, including Lucera, where the expected ground acceleration is about 0.151 g. In the palazzi of the old centre, with brick and stone walls and floors redone at different times, a structural survey before buying is money well spent.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here. On the sides of the hills and in the valleys running down to the plain, the report checks landslide and flood hazard on the official maps for the address.

Key points

  • Swabian and Angevin fortress and Roman amphitheatre.
  • Population down 10.5% since 2011: many homes on the market.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.151 g.
  • Old-centre palazzi at modest prices, often needing work.

Overview

Lucera is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 30,723 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 61).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lucera is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (51 of 61) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.151 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Lucera, 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 10.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lucera declared an average taxable income of 19,502 euros, above the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lucera is in climate zone D, with 1,473 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 219 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lucera has 26 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 19 grocery shops and supermarkets, 19 healthcare facilities, 19 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

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 4.5% of the land in Lucera, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Lucera 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 Lucera, and 4 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Lucera: 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 Lucera 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 72 inhabited census areas in Lucera. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.4%
  • fair 33.0%
  • good 66.6%

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

ISTAT code 071028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.