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Tempio Pausania: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna, Sardegna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Search for an address in Tempio Pausania

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 Dante 7, Milan.

Tempio Pausania, granite and cork in inland Gallura

Tempio Pausania lies in the interior of Gallura, on the slopes of Monte Limbara, away from the beaches but not far from Sardinia's north coast. Its historic centre is built of grey granite, the stone that defines the whole area, and the town has long been tied to cork processing, drawing on the cork oak woods around it. Today it shares the role of capital of the province of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna with Olbia, as it did in the former province of Olbia-Tempio.

A home in Tempio means a different setting from the coast: a hill town with cooler winters than the shoreline, stone houses in the centre and scattered homes in the countryside. On terrain made up of slopes, rock outcrops and streams, landslide and flood risk cannot be judged wholesale, so the report checks it at the exact address.

Granite also brings a less familiar issue. It is one of the rocks that can release more radon, a natural gas that builds up indoors, especially on lower floors. The report states whether the municipality has been listed as a radon priority area and gives the estimate from ISPRA, Italy's environmental protection institute, which helps in deciding whether to have a measurement taken.

Earthquakes, on the other hand, are a minor concern: like all 26 municipalities in the province, Tempio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest level. In the old stone buildings of the centre, attention is better focused on roofs, damp and services.

The land registry situation is standard. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, and the report derives the sheet and parcel number from the address.

Key points

  • Hill town on the slopes of Monte Limbara.
  • Joint capital, with Olbia, of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna.
  • Seismic zone 4; in granite country, radon is worth checking.
  • Cadastral maps available.

Overview

Tempio Pausania is the capital of the province of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 13,133 residents, ranked 0 of 26 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tempio Pausania is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 26 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Tempio Pausania.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 5.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Tempio Pausania: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 113025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.