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Oristano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Oristano, Sardegna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Search for an address in Oristano

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.

Oristano, lagoons, gulf and the legacy of Arborea

Oristano stands on the plain of west-central Sardinia, near the mouth of the Tirso river and the gulf that bears its name. It was the capital of the Giudicato di Arborea, the medieval kingdom of Eleonora d'Arborea, remembered for her law code, the Carta de Logu. Every year at Carnival the town stages the Sartiglia, a very old horseback joust. A few kilometres away, on the Sinis peninsula, lie the ruins of the Phoenician and Roman city of Tharros.

The surrounding land is low-lying and shaped by water: ponds, lagoons, drainage channels and farmland, with the municipality reaching the sea at Torregrande. It is a generous landscape, supporting fishing and farming, but one that calls for care when buying property. On flat ground near rivers and lagoons, flood hazard can differ even between neighbouring streets, and the report checks it for the address, along with distance from the sea and landslide hazard.

The seismic situation is the reverse: all 87 municipalities in the province of Oristano are in seismic zone 4, the class with the lowest hazard. Zone 4 does not mean building without rules, but for a buyer it means attention shifts elsewhere, for example to damp, general upkeep and the condition of services.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Oristano, so the report identifies the sheet and parcel number from the address, including for farmhouses and rural properties.

Buyers coming from abroad may find the report's documents section useful: it explains which certificates to request from the town hall (Comune) and from the Revenue Agency, and what each one is for.

Key points

  • Former capital of the Giudicato di Arborea, home of the Sartiglia.
  • A plain between lagoons and gulf: flood risk checked per address.
  • All 87 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.
  • Cadastral maps available, rural properties included.

Overview

Oristano is the capital of the province of Oristano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 30,287 residents, ranked 0 of 87 municipalities in the province. 20% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Oristano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 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 Oristano.

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 2.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 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 Oristano: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 115045. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.