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Solarussa: 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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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: Corso Fratelli Cervi 1, Solarussa.

Solarussa, on the Tirso plain near Oristano

A few metres above sea level, irrigated fields all round and Oristano a quarter of an hour's drive away: Solarussa lies on the plain of the Tirso, Sardinia's longest river, in the area that makes Vernaccia di Oristano wine. It is a farming village, with a centre of low houses and courtyards and cultivated land starting right after the last streets.

Traditional Campidano houses, on one or two floors around an inner courtyard, make up much of what is for sale, together with newer small villas and farmland with buildings. Many need work on roofs, rising damp and systems. Jobs and the main services are in Oristano, and the village itself is quiet.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, shows a village losing people and getting older: 2,253 residents in 2023, down 8.7% since 2011. The average age is 49.4, similar to the 49.8 of the province, and over-65s are 29.4%. Foreign residents make up 1.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. Winters are mild (climate zone C) and summers hot.

Earthquake risk is low, as in nearly all of Sardinia: seismic zone 4, the lowest on the national scale kept by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), with an expected acceleration of 0.050 g.

What to look at is the river. On an alluvial plain the official flood maps matter more than anything else, and the report for the address shows them for the exact plot.

Key points

  • Farming village on the Tirso plain, near Oristano.
  • 2,253 residents, down 8.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest, acceleration 0.050 g.
  • River plain: check the official flood maps.

Overview

Solarussa is a municipality in the province of Oristano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,253 residents, ranked 16 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Solarussa 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 8.7%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Solarussa declared an average taxable income of 18,198 euros, below the provincial average (19,764 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Solarussa is in climate zone C, with 1,063 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 12 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Solarussa has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 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 5.2% of the land in Solarussa, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Solarussa is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. 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 Solarussa: 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 Solarussa 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 13 inhabited census areas in Solarussa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 26.6%
  • good 73.4%

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 115071. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.