Roseto Valfortore: 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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Roseto Valfortore, in the Daunian Mountains above the Fortore valley
Roseto Valfortore is a village in the Monti Dauni, the mountain belt separating the province of Foggia from Molise and Campania. It stands at around 650 metres in the upper Fortore valley, with its stone old centre on the hillside and woods, wheat fields and pasture around it. This is a different Puglia from the coast: cold winters, sometimes with snow, and cool summers.
Daily life calls for patience with distances. Foggia and the larger towns of the area, with hospitals and secondary schools, are reached on mountain roads, and many errands mean a proper trip. Houses are mostly in the old centre, on several levels and often in need of work, plus some newer buildings on the edges. The climate zone is E: for a stone house, heating and windows are the first things to assess.
In 2023 there were 994 residents, down 13.5% since 2011. The average age is 48.6, against 45.2 in the province of Foggia, and over-65s make up 29.7%, compared with 23.3%. Foreign residents are 2.4%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
The municipality is in seismic zone 2, like 51 of the 61 municipalities in the province, according to the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.154 g. For a stone house in the centre, get a technical opinion on the walls, floors and roof before buying.
From the address, the report traces the plot using Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps. In a hillside village with sloping land all around, the official landslide maps should be read there, house by house.
Key points
- Monti Dauni village at around 650 metres, in the upper Fortore valley.
- 994 residents in 2023, down 13.5% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.154 g.
- Cold winters: assess heating and windows first.
Overview
Roseto Valfortore is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 994 residents, ranked 51 of 61 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roseto Valfortore 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 0.154 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Roseto Valfortore, 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 fallen by 13.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (45). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roseto Valfortore declared an average taxable income of 12,370 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Roseto Valfortore is in climate zone E, with 2,258 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 658 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Roseto Valfortore has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 2.6% of the land in Roseto Valfortore, 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
Roseto Valfortore 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 Roseto Valfortore.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roseto Valfortore: 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 Roseto Valfortore 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 7 inhabited census areas in Roseto Valfortore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.0%
- fair 66.3%
- good 32.7%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Puglia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 071044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.