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Ordona: 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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Ordona, the Tavoliere plain and the ruins of Herdonia

Ordona is a village on the Tavoliere, the broad plain of the province of Foggia, set in open country of cereal fields, vineyards and olive groves. Its territory includes the remains of Herdonia, a town of the Roman period whose excavations can be visited. The village, at around 120 metres, has a regular layout of straight streets and low houses.

Foggia, the provincial capital, is where people go for the hospital, public offices and secondary schools, a drive across the plain. Houses for sale are usually one or two storeys, often with a courtyard, plus some newer small blocks. The area is in climate zone D, with hot summers and mild winters, so cooling matters more than heating.

Unlike many inland villages, Ordona is growing. There were 3,063 residents in 2023, up 15.4% on 2011, and the population is young: a mean age of 39.1 against 45.2 for the province, with over-65s at 16.8%. Foreign residents make up 26.0%, a high share. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes need thinking about even on the plain. Ordona is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, with 50 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is 0.153 g. In older masonry houses, have the links between walls and floors checked and ask whether any structural work has been done. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report also checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Tavoliere plain, with the Roman ruins of Herdonia.
  • 3,063 residents, up 15.4% since 2011.
  • Mean age 39.1, foreign residents 26.0%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.153 g.

Overview

Ordona is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,063 residents, ranked 31 of 61 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ordona 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 0.153 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Ordona, 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 grown by 15.4%. The estimated average age is 39 years, lower than the province average (45). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 26.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ordona declared an average taxable income of 14,963 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ordona 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 120 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ordona has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

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 4.4% of the land in Ordona, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ordona 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 no contaminated sites in Ordona.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ordona: 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 Ordona 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 11 inhabited census areas in Ordona. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.4%
  • fair 99.6%

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 071063. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.