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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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: 410 cafés and restaurants, 7.5 per thousand residents against 5.1 across the province, and 54 sports facilities, also above average. Education (27 sites), healthcare (35), supermarkets (30) 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 3 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: 7.5 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, the third most populous 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.
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.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Trani declared an average taxable income of 20,705 euros, above the provincial average (18,445 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Trani is in climate zone C, with 1,190 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 7 metres above sea level.
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 30 grocery shops and supermarkets, 35 healthcare facilities, 54 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.
There are 0.5 schools 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 16.3% of the land in Trani, compared with 7.0% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.4 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Trani 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 low. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Trani, and 3 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Trani: 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 Trani 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 443 inhabited census areas in Trani. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.4%
- fair 9.3%
- good 51.3%
- very good 38.4%
- excellent 0.6%
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 Puglia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- 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 110009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.