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Zapponeta: 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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For example: Corso Manfredonia 1, Zapponeta.

Zapponeta, market gardens on the Gulf of Manfredonia

A long strip of flat land facing the sea: that is Zapponeta, on the coast of the Gulf of Manfredonia, between Manfredonia and Margherita di Savoia. The town lives mainly from farming, with vegetable plots on the sandy soils near the shore, and in summer it fills up with people coming for the beach.

For house hunters the market is small: low houses, small blocks of flats and holiday homes towards the sea. The reference towns are Manfredonia and Foggia, reached by car. The land is almost at sea level, so look carefully at a property's position relative to the coast, the canals and low-lying ground: the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

There were 3,289 residents in 2023, down 1.1% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, a small change. It is young by Italian standards: average age 42.5 against 45.2 for the province of Foggia, with over-65s at 18.4%. Foreign residents are 11.4%, many of them working in the fields. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, which is worth bearing in mind when judging the local market.

The Foggia area is seismically active: 10 municipalities are in zone 1 of the Civil Protection classification, and Zapponeta is among the 51 in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.133 g. On sandy ground with a shallow water table, the state of the foundations and damp in the walls are the first things to have a surveyor assess.

Key points

  • Gulf of Manfredonia coast, towards Margherita di Savoia.
  • Farming town of vegetable plots, average age 42.5.
  • Foreign residents at 11.4%, incomes below the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.133 g.

Overview

Zapponeta is a municipality in the province of Foggia, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,289 residents, ranked 30 of 61 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Zapponeta 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 0.133 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Zapponeta, 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 1.1%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Zapponeta declared an average taxable income of 12,378 euros, below the provincial average (18,478 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Zapponeta is in climate zone C, with 1,291 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 2 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Zapponeta has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 3.2% of the land in Zapponeta, 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

Zapponeta is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Puglia in 2025. 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 Zapponeta.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Zapponeta: 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 Zapponeta 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 11 inhabited census areas in Zapponeta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.5%
  • fair 80.1%
  • good 15.4%

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 071064. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.