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Modugno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bari, 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 Dieci Marzo 1, Modugno.

Modugno, an old town beside Bari's industrial zone

Modugno borders Bari to the west and contains much of the city's industrial zone, with warehouses, logistics hubs and large companies that employ people from across the area. The town itself sits a little further inland, with a compact historic centre and residential districts around it. The land is flat, at about eighty metres above sea level, and cut by lame, the shallow limestone ravines typical of the Bari countryside.

Buyers here often work in Bari or in the industrial zone, and proximity is the main advantage: the city, the airport and the ring roads are all close by car. In town you will find flats in 1970s and 1980s blocks and older houses in the historic centre, where the condition of the walls and rising damp need checking.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, recorded 36,162 residents in 2023, down 3.7% since 2011 (1,370 fewer people). The mean age (45.6) and the share over 65 (23.8%) are almost identical to the provincial figures. Foreign residents make up 4.2%, households average 2.51 people and declared incomes sit just below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is moderate. The Civil Protection Department puts Modugno in zone 3, like 33 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.075 g. Even so, in blocks whose ground floor stands open on pillars, or where floors were added later, have an engineer look at the structure before you sign.

The lame collect water from thunderstorms and can cause sudden flooding even where they are normally dry. If a property is near one, the report flags it by checking the hazard maps at the address, starting from the land parcel in the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Borders Bari and hosts much of its industrial zone.
  • 36,162 residents, down 3.7% since 2011.
  • Age profile and over-65s (23.8%) in line with the province.
  • Seismic zone 3; near the ravines, check flood hazard.

Overview

Modugno is a municipality in the province of Bari, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 36,162 residents, ranked 8 of 41 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Modugno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 41) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.075 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.7%. 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 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Modugno declared an average taxable income of 21,198 euros, in line with the province (21,788 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Modugno is in climate zone C, with 1,311 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 79 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Modugno has 24 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 24 grocery shops and supermarkets, 25 healthcare facilities, 26 sports facilities and 4 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 42.2% of the land in Modugno, compared with 9.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 8.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Modugno 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 Modugno, and one more has 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 Modugno: 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 Modugno 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 392 inhabited census areas in Modugno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.7%
  • fair 34.9%
  • good 64.4%

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 072027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.