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Pattada: what to know before buying a home

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

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Pattada, the knife-making village of the Monte Acuto

In Sardinia and beyond, the name Pattada is tied to one object: the resolza, the folding knife with a myrtle-leaf blade, handmade by the village's knife makers. Pattada lies in the interior of the province of Sassari, in the historic area of the Monte Acuto, at about 780 metres, among pasture, cork oaks and woodland.

The altitude shows. The village is in climate zone E, with cold winters and sometimes snow, which is unusual in Sardinia: buyers should budget for heating and insulation as they would in a northern mountain village. Homes are mostly stone or masonry houses in the centre, often on two floors, with newer buildings on the edge of town. For the hospital and wider services, the reference is Ozieri, which is closer, or Sassari, about an hour by road.

Like many inland Sardinian villages, Pattada is emptying. Istat, the national statistics office, records 2,827 residents (2023), down 13.1% since 2011. The average age is 47.6, just below the provincial 48.3, and over-65s are 28.5%. Foreign residents are very few, at 0.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are not a particular concern: all 66 municipalities in the province of Sassari are in seismic zone 4, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.050 g. In old houses, the roof, damp in stone walls and the services matter more.

For the address, the report reads the price band, cadastral maps, services within reach and the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Monte Acuto, town hall at about 780 metres, cold winters
  • Home of the resolza, the Sardinian folding knife
  • 2,827 residents, down 13.1% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.050 g

Overview

Pattada is a municipality in the province of Sassari, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,827 residents, ranked 17 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pattada is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 66 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.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 13.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pattada declared an average taxable income of 18,992 euros, below the provincial average (21,361 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pattada is in climate zone E, with 2,394 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 778 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pattada has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.4 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.0).

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 1.4% of the land in Pattada, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pattada is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pattada: 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 Pattada 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 18 inhabited census areas in Pattada. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 82 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.0%
  • good 40.8%
  • very good 58.2%

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 112042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.