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Stornara: 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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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: Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Stornara.

Stornara, one of the Five Royal Sites of the Tavoliere

Stornara is one of the Cinque Reali Siti, the five farming villages founded by the Bourbon kings in the 18th century on the Tavoliere plain, alongside Orta Nova, Stornarella, Carapelle and Ordona. It keeps the original grid of straight streets and low houses, surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and vegetable fields, a short way from Cerignola, the town people rely on for offices and services.

It is a young and growing place, which is unusual in the province of Foggia. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,785 residents in 2023, up 9.0% on 2011. The mean age is 40.6 against 45.2 for the province, and over-65s make up 16.6% against 23.3%. Foreign residents account for 20.0% of the population, a very high share that reflects how much the area depends on farm work. Households average 2.67 people.

Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, and most homes are detached houses of one or two storeys, many of them built decades ago. When buying, check the roof and walls, look for damp and make sure the cadastral floor plan matches the actual house, which often fails in homes extended over the years.

Stornara is in seismic zone 2, like 50 other municipalities in the province of Foggia, while 10 are in zone 1, the highest band. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.162 g. In older masonry houses, the condition of the load-bearing walls and the weight of the roof slab are what matter most.

The climate zone is D, with hot summers and short winters. On this flat plain, flood hazard depends on the nearby channels and ditches: the report checks it for each address on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, together with the local price band.

Key points

  • 18th-century Bourbon village on the Tavoliere, near Cerignola.
  • 5,785 residents, up 9.0% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 20.0%, mean age 40.6.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.162 g.

Overview

Stornara is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,785 residents, ranked 20 of 61 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Stornara 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 0.162 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Stornara, 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 grown by 9.0%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (45). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 20.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Stornara declared an average taxable income of 13,052 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Stornara is in climate zone D, with 1,445 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 107 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Stornara has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 6.4% of the land in Stornara, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Stornara 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 medium. 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 Stornara.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Stornara: 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 Stornara 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 14 inhabited census areas in Stornara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.1%
  • good 94.9%

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 071054. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.