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Pompu: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Regina Elena 1, Pompu.

Pompu, a small farming village in the Marmilla

For anyone buying in Pompu, the most important checks are not about earthquakes: all 87 municipalities in the province of Oristano are in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.050 g. What matters more is the condition of the house, whether past building work was authorised, and how far away services are.

The village is in the Marmilla, in the interior of the province, at about a hundred and fifty metres. Around it are fields and low hills, and the centre is made up of masonry village houses, many on one or two floors, some with outbuildings and storerooms in the yard. Winters are mild and summers hot (climate zone C). Oristano is the reference for hospital, offices and secondary schools, and nearly every journey needs a car.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, puts the population at 220 (2023), against 278 in 2011: 58 fewer, a drop of 20.9%. The estimated average age is 52.7, above the provincial 49.8, and over-65s make up 34.5%, against 29.5% in the province. Households have 2.16 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

In older houses, the most useful checks concern the roof, rising damp in the ground-floor walls and the electrics, which are often dated. If the house has been extended, ask for the building permits, because unauthorised work discovered after completion becomes the buyer's problem. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel and checks the official flood and landslide maps.

Key points

  • Low-hill village in the Marmilla, province of Oristano.
  • 220 residents in 2023, down 20.9% since 2011.
  • All 87 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.
  • Before completion, check roof, damp and building permits.

Overview

Pompu is a municipality in the province of Oristano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 220 residents, among the smallest in the province (79 of 87).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pompu 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.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 20.9%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (50). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pompu declared an average taxable income of 17,131 euros, below the provincial average (19,764 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pompu is in climate zone C, with 1,144 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 147 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pompu has 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 4.6% of the land in Pompu, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pompu 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 Pompu: 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 Pompu 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 2 inhabited census areas in Pompu. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 100.0%

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 115049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.