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Torricella: what to know before buying a home

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

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Torricella, Primitivo country towards the Ionian Sea

Torricella is a lowland town in the eastern part of the province of Taranto, the area known as the Taranto Salento. Around the centre lie vineyards, olive groves and dry-stone walls: this is Primitivo di Manduria wine country, and farming remains one of the main activities. The Ionian Sea is close, and along the coast are beach resorts busy in summer with locals and holidaymakers. Taranto is the reference city for hospitals, offices and work.

In town you find low houses in the old centre, often with a courtyard or roof terrace, and detached homes built in recent decades; in the countryside there are masserie (fortified farmhouses) and cottages to restore. Anyone buying to live here all year mostly looks at the distance to services, which the report measures from the exact location of the house.

There were 4,110 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 2.9% on 2011. The average age is 47.8, higher than the province's 46.5, and over-65s make up 27.3%. Foreign residents are few, at 3.0%. Average declared incomes are well below the Taranto average.

Earthquake hazard is low. Torricella is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 19 of the 29 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.054 g. In older houses, rising damp in the tufa walls, the state of the flat roof and the wiring and plumbing matter more. The climate zone is C: mild winters and hot summers, so energy bills shift towards cooling.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. On a plain with channels and hollows, flooding after heavy rain is assessed address by address.

Key points

  • Primitivo di Manduria plain, close to the Ionian Sea.
  • Population down 2.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, low hazard.
  • Average age 47.8, above the province.

Overview

Torricella is a municipality in the province of Taranto, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,110 residents, ranked 25 of 29 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torricella is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (19 of 29) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.054 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torricella declared an average taxable income of 16,647 euros, below the provincial average (20,557 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torricella is in climate zone C, with 1,122 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 32 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 12.7% of the land in Torricella, compared with 9.6% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Torricella 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 Torricella.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torricella: 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 Torricella 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 19 inhabited census areas in Torricella. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 21.1%
  • good 78.9%

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 073028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.