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Tuglie: what to know before buying a home

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

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Tuglie, a village of the Salento hills near Gallipoli

Tuglie covers a small area at the foot of the Serre salentine, the low ridges that run through the south of the Salento peninsula, a few kilometres from the Ionian coast at Gallipoli. Around it are olive groves, vineyards and dry stone walls, and the neighbouring towns are close together: Parabita, Alezio and Sannicola are a few minutes away. Lecce is less than an hour's drive.

It is a town of residents, with many family houses built in recent decades next to the old centre, where courtyard houses and homes with vaulted ceilings in local limestone remain. In summer many emigrants come back and the town fills up. With a house in the centre, look at damp in the walls, the condition of the vaults and the waterproofing of the flat roofs. In recent years Salento's olive groves have been hit by Xylella, a plant disease, and much farmland has changed in appearance.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,054 residents in 2023, down 4.0% on 2011. The average age is 47.1, against 47.2 in the province of Lecce; over-65s make up 26.0% and foreign residents 2.3%. Households have 2.25 people on average.

Earthquake hazard is low: Tuglie is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like the other 95 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. The climate is mild and heating costs are modest compared with the north.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address. Southern Salento has no real rivers, but after heavy rain water collects in low spots and streets, so flood hazard is checked for the exact address.

Key points

  • At the foot of the Salento hills, a few kilometres from Gallipoli.
  • A town of residents, vaulted stone houses in the centre.
  • 5,054 residents, average age 47.1.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Tuglie is a municipality in the province of Lecce, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,054 residents, ranked 54 of 96 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tuglie is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 96 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.055 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 4.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tuglie declared an average taxable income of 17,005 euros, below the provincial average (19,196 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tuglie is in climate zone C, with 1,078 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 74 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tuglie has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 23.6% of the land in Tuglie, compared with 14.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Tuglie 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 Tuglie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tuglie: 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 Tuglie 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 17 inhabited census areas in Tuglie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 51.0%
  • good 48.8%

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 075089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.