Sant'Agata di Puglia: 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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Sant'Agata di Puglia, a hilltop village in the Monti Dauni
Sant'Agata di Puglia crowns a hilltop in the southern Monti Dauni, the part of Foggia province that rises towards Irpinia. From the village, gathered around its castle, the view takes in the Tavoliere plain on one side and the hills towards Campania on the other.
The old centre is made up of stone houses along steep lanes, often on several levels. Outside the old village there are newer buildings and country houses among wheat fields. The climate is that of high hill country, zone E, with cold, windy winters, so insulation, windows and heating matter. Foggia is the reference for work and larger services, reachable by car. Average incomes are slightly below the provincial level.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,793 residents in 2023, 14.5% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 47.6 against 45.2 in the province, and over-65s make up 28.3%. Households are small, 1.93 members on average.
Sant'Agata is one of the 10 municipalities in Foggia province in seismic zone 1, the highest class, while the other 51 are in zone 2. The expected acceleration in the built-up area is 0.208 g. In the village's stone houses, which are often joined together, you need a structural survey and the papers for any past work, and it is worth looking into the incentives for seismic upgrading.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report finds the land parcel and reads elevation, slope and the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address.
Key points
- Hilltop village in the Monti Dauni, gathered around its castle.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.208 g.
- Population down 14.5% since 2011.
- Joined stone houses: get a structural survey before buying.
Overview
Sant'Agata di Puglia is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,793 residents, ranked 40 of 61 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Agata di Puglia is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 10 of 61 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.208 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Agata di Puglia, 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 14.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Agata di Puglia declared an average taxable income of 17,437 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Agata di Puglia is in climate zone E, with 2,511 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 794 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Agata di Puglia has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.
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 2.4% of the land in Sant'Agata di Puglia, 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
Sant'Agata di Puglia 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 Sant'Agata di Puglia. 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 Sant'Agata di Puglia: 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 Sant'Agata di Puglia 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 33 inhabited census areas in Sant'Agata di Puglia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 12.8%
- fair 87.2%
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
- 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 071052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.