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.
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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, the third most populous 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.
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.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tempio Pausania declared an average taxable income of 20,112 euros, below the provincial average (21,361 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Tempio Pausania is in climate zone D, with 2,034 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 566 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tempio Pausania has 14 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 10 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).
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 3.1% of the land in Tempio Pausania, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 22.6 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Tempio Pausania is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. 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.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tempio Pausania: 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 Tempio Pausania 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 92 inhabited census areas in Tempio Pausania. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 1.4%
- good 61.0%
- very good 37.7%
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 Sardegna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2022.
- 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 113025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.