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Nuoro: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Nuoro, Sardegna. 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 Dante 7, Milan.

Nuoro, Grazia Deledda's home town

Nuoro is the city of central Sardinia, in the Barbagia area, at the foot of Monte Ortobene, whose summit carries a statue of Christ the Redeemer. Grazia Deledda, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926, was born here, and her birthplace is now a museum; the city also has the Sardinian ethnographic museum and a museum of contemporary art. It is a service centre for an inland area of villages, pastures and mountains.

Anyone considering a move to Nuoro, perhaps from elsewhere in Italy or from abroad, will find a hill city away from the coast, with a harsher climate than the shoreline. That affects the home itself: insulation, heating and the energy rating become important. The report gives the municipality's climate zone, the period when heating may be switched on, and the energy class to look for in the energy performance certificate (attestato di prestazione energetica, APE).

The seismic picture, by contrast, is reassuring. Sardinia is among the least earthquake-prone areas in Italy, and all 53 municipalities in the province of Nuoro are classified in zone 4, the bottom of the scale. It is still sensible to ask when a building was put up and whether its structure has been worked on, but this is not the main worry.

What varies more is the ground itself. On slopes, hills and valleys, landslide and flood hazard changes considerably from one address to the next, and the report checks it at the exact location using the official hazard plans.

The land registry follows the general rule: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Nuoro, and the report finds the land parcel from the address, in town or in the countryside.

Key points

  • Birthplace of Grazia Deledda, Nobel laureate in 1926.
  • All 53 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.
  • Hill climate: heating and energy rating matter when choosing a home.
  • Revenue Agency cadastral maps available.

Overview

Nuoro is the capital of the province of Nuoro, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 33,622 residents, ranked 0 of 53 municipalities in the province. 23% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nuoro is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 53 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 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Nuoro.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 8.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Nuoro: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 114027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.