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Scorrano: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Strada Lecce Leuca 0, Scorrano.

Scorrano, Salento's town of festival lights

In Scorrano you know it is summer when the lights go up. The town is known for the illuminated arches, the luminarie, that frame the feast of Santa Domenica in July, and for the local firms that design them and put them up at saints' day festivals across Puglia and beyond.

Scorrano is in inland Salento, south of Maglie, roughly the same distance from the Adriatic and the Ionian coasts: Otranto on one side and Gallipoli on the other are an easy drive. Lecce is about forty kilometres away. The land is flat, with olive groves, arable fields and old farmsteads, and the town has a historic centre of courtyard houses in local limestone and tufa, narrow lanes and a few grand palazzi. Buyers mostly find detached houses, often with a courtyard, and fewer flats in apartment blocks.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,614 residents, down 5.2% on 2011. Households are a little larger than average, with 2.53 people each, and the average age (46.8) is close to the provincial figure. Over-65s make up 25.1% and foreign residents 1.4%, few as in most of Salento. Declared incomes are just below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low. Like all 96 municipalities in the province of Lecce, Scorrano is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, with an expected acceleration of about 0.058 g. For older courtyard houses the useful checks lie elsewhere: the state of the vaults, rising damp, the roofs, and wiring and plumbing that have often been redone piece by piece.

Salento's limestone soaks up water, but in heavy rain the lower streets and some patches of countryside flood. The report checks the exact address against the official flood hazard maps. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are available, so each address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Inland Salento, south of Maglie, between the Adriatic and Ionian coasts.
  • Known for the festival lights of the feast of Santa Domenica.
  • 6,614 residents, 2.53 people per household on average.
  • Seismic zone 4: in courtyard houses, vaults and damp matter more.

Overview

Scorrano is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,614 residents, ranked 39 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scorrano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 96 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.058 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 5.2%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scorrano declared an average taxable income of 18,229 euros, below the provincial average (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Scorrano is in climate zone C, with 1,230 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 95 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Scorrano has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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 9.6% of the land in Scorrano, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Scorrano 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 high. 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 Scorrano. 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 Scorrano: 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 Scorrano 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 29 inhabited census areas in Scorrano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.5%
  • good 91.5%

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 075073. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.