Trani: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, 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.
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Trani, a cathedral by the harbour
Trani's defining image is its Romanesque cathedral, built of pale stone almost at the water's edge beside the harbour. The town looks out over the Adriatic, with a compact historic centre wrapped around the port and a Swabian castle commissioned by Frederick II. Trani stone, a limestone quarried locally, is used in building far beyond Puglia. Fishing, trade, tourism and stone working are all part of the local economy.
Tourism shows up in Overture's open map data: 388 cafés and restaurants, 7.1 per thousand residents against 4.6 across the province, and 50 sports facilities, also above average. Education (27 sites), healthcare (31), supermarkets (29) and officially registered pharmacies (17) are broadly in line with the rest of the province.
Trani is the smallest of the three joint capitals of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, with 54,948 residents in 2023, 14.5% of the provincial total. In 2011 there were 55,842, so the population has fallen by 1.6%. The estimated average age is about 45, 21.9% of residents are over 65 and 3.3% are foreign nationals. Households average 2.41 people.
On earthquakes, Trani illustrates the gap between a zone and the estimated hazard. The town is in seismic zone 3, one of three municipalities in the province with that rating, while neighbouring Barletta is in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the two built-up areas is almost identical, though: about 0.144 g in Trani and about 0.145 g in Barletta. For a buyer the building matters more than the label, above all when it was built and to what standards.
The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps (Agenzia delle Entrate) cover the municipality, and the report derives the sheet and parcel number from the address. Along the coast and further inland, landslide and flood exposure has to be checked at the exact address, because it is not the same across the town.
Key points
- Cafés and restaurants: 7.1 per thousand residents, above the provincial average.
- 54,948 residents in 2023, down 1.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.144 g, as in Barletta.
- Cadastral maps available, parcel found from the address.
Overview
Trani is the capital of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 54,948 residents, ranked 0 of 10 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Trani is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 3 of 10 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.144 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
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 Trani.
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 1.6%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Trani has 27 schools and 17 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 29 grocery shops and supermarkets, 31 healthcare facilities, 50 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.
There are 0.5 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.
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 Trani: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.
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 2026-08-19.0.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 110009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.