Maruggio: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Taranto, Puglia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Maruggio, the inland town and the Campomarino seafront
Maruggio lies on the Ionian coast of the province of Taranto, where the Taranto area meets the Salento peninsula. The municipality has two quite separate parts. The town itself is a short way inland on almost flat ground, with an old centre of low stone houses. Campomarino, its seaside district, has beaches, dunes and whole streets of summer homes. Manduria, the largest town nearby, is a few minutes away, and Taranto is under an hour by car.
Anyone looking for a property here first has to choose between the two. In Campomarino many homes are holiday houses, full in August and shut for much of the year, so check the wiring, plumbing, window frames and render, which suffer from the salt air, and ask which shops and services stay open in winter. In the town, older houses often need work, and flat roofs and terraces deserve a close look. Tourism shows up in the data too: 56 bars and restaurants, or 10.70 per 1,000 residents against 4.61 across the province.
According to Istat, the Italian national statistics office, the town had 5,235 residents in 2023, down 3.3% on the 2011 census. The population is older than the provincial average, with a mean age of 49.2 against 46.5 and 29.3% aged over 65. Foreign residents make up 3.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Earthquake risk is among the lowest in Italy. Maruggio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection Department, like 18 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.053 g. For a house near the sea the practical issue is damp, along with rust in the steel of balconies and cornices.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace an address to its plot. Near the coast, flood hazard changes from one street to the next and is checked for the specific address.
Key points
- Two markets: the inland town and Campomarino's summer homes.
- Residents down 3.3% since 2011; 29.3% are over 65.
- Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.053 g.
- Bars and restaurants: 10.70 per 1,000 residents.
Overview
Maruggio is a municipality in the province of Taranto, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,235 residents, ranked 23 of 29 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maruggio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (19 of 29) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.053 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 3.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maruggio declared an average taxable income of 18,203 euros, below the provincial average (20,557 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Maruggio is in climate zone C, with 1,103 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 26 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maruggio has 4 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.8 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).
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 10.1% of the land in Maruggio, compared with 9.6% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.5 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Maruggio 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 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 Maruggio.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maruggio: 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 Maruggio 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 Maruggio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.3%
- fair 59.0%
- good 40.8%
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.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Puglia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- 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 073014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.