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Volturara Appula: what to know before buying a home

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

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Volturara Appula, a village in the Monti Dauni

Volturara Appula is a village in the Monti Dauni, the hills separating the Tavoliere plain from Molise, at around 530 metres. The land is hills under wheat, pasture and woodland, with the village gathered on a rise. For hospital, secondary schools and offices you drive down towards Lucera and Foggia along provincial roads.

The village has lost many residents: 366 residents in 2023, 23.9% fewer than the 481 of 2011, a drop of 115 people. The estimated average age is 55.2, against 45.2 in the province of Foggia, and over-65s make up 38.8%, against 23.3% provincially.

Buyers find masonry homes, often on two or three levels, that need careful assessment: roof, damp, old wiring and plumbing, and planning paperwork in order. It is climate zone D, with cool, windy winters at this height. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Monti Dauni are a seismic area. Volturara is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, with 50 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.163 g. A structural survey before buying is the most useful check, especially for older houses. On clay slopes, landslides are shown on the official maps for the exact address.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Monti Dauni village, between the Tavoliere plain and Molise.
  • 366 residents in 2023, down 23.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
  • Old masonry houses: structural and services check before buying.

Overview

Volturara Appula is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 366 residents, among the smallest in the province (60 of 61).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Volturara Appula is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (51 of 61) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Volturara Appula, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 23.9%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (45). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Volturara Appula declared an average taxable income of 16,830 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Volturara Appula is in climate zone D, with 2,020 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 526 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

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 2.5% of the land in Volturara Appula, compared with 4.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Volturara Appula 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Volturara Appula. 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 Volturara Appula: 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 Volturara Appula 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 14 inhabited census areas in Volturara Appula. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 071061. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.