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Maglie: 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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For example: Via Vittorio Emanuele Ii 0, Maglie.

Maglie, the service town at the heart of Salento

Maglie has long been the main town of inland Salento, between Lecce and Otranto: its secondary schools, offices, shops and markets serve all the surrounding villages. Aldo Moro, the post-war prime minister, was born here.

Its transport links are those of a hub. The dual carriageway reaches Lecce quickly, and the Ferrovie del Sud Est regional railway runs from Maglie towards Lecce, Otranto and the Capo di Leuca. For buyers, the centre has nineteenth-century mansions and townhouses, often large and needing a lot of work, while the outer districts have detached houses and small blocks.

The concentration of services shows in the data. There are 19 schools and education sites, 1.42 per 1,000 residents against 0.81 in the province, and 17 healthcare facilities, 1.27 per 1,000 against 0.60. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Residents are falling in number, though: 13,367 in 2023, down 9.8% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is old, with an estimated mean age of 49.0 against 47.2 for the province and over-65s at 29.1%. Foreign residents are 2.9%.

Maglie is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like all 96 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.057 g. In the historic mansions, damp, roofs and systems needing replacement are the main concerns. The land is flat with no watercourses, but after intense storms water can gather in the lowest spots; the report checks this on the official maps for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Service town of inland Salento, birthplace of Aldo Moro.
  • Schools: 1.42 per 1,000 residents, against 0.81 in the province.
  • Population down 9.8%, over-65s at 29.1%.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest.

Overview

Maglie is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 13,367 residents, ranked 13 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maglie 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 0.057 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 9.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maglie declared an average taxable income of 22,957 euros, above the provincial average (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Maglie is in climate zone C, with 1,240 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 81 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maglie has 19 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 17 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 20.8% of the land in Maglie, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Maglie is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Puglia in 2025. 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.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Maglie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maglie: 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 Maglie 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 64 inhabited census areas in Maglie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 10.7%
  • good 89.3%

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 075039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.