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Peschici: 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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Peschici, the clifftop village of the Gargano

Peschici is built on a rock spur dropping straight into the Adriatic, on the northern coast of the Gargano promontory, with the white houses of the old town clustered above the small harbour and the bays. Behind it are olive groves, pine woods and the forests climbing towards the Foresta Umbra; along the coast a few trabucchi survive, old wooden fishing platforms.

This is a town that lives on tourism, and the figures show it. There are 25.14 restaurants and bars per 1,000 residents, against 4.90 in the province of Foggia, and the data list 124 services, a lot for a place this size. In summer the population multiplies; in winter many businesses close. If you plan to live here all year, factor that in; if you plan to let the property, check the local rules on short-term rentals.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 4,296 permanent residents in 2023, up 2.4% on 2011. The average age (44.6) is slightly below the provincial figure, over-65s make up 21.0% and foreign residents 4.8%. Declared incomes are low, below the provincial average.

The Gargano is seismic: in the province 10 municipalities are in zone 1 and 51 in zone 2, and Peschici is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of around 0.166 g. In the old town on the rock, houses are old and built against each other, so have the structure and damp checked. Near the cliff edge the report also checks the official landslide maps.

Key points

  • Old town on a rock above the Adriatic, on the Gargano.
  • Restaurants and bars: 25.14 per 1,000 residents.
  • 4,296 permanent residents, up 2.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.166 g.

Overview

Peschici is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,296 residents, ranked 24 of 61 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Peschici 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 0.166 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Peschici, 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Peschici declared an average taxable income of 14,903 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Peschici is in climate zone D, with 1,427 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 90 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Peschici has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 sports facilities 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 6.3% of the land in Peschici, 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

Peschici 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Peschici. 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 Peschici: 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 Peschici 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 38 inhabited census areas in Peschici. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.3%
  • good 32.7%
  • very good 52.0%

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 071038. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.