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Basilicata · 131 comuni

Moving to Basilicata

Basilicata is the instep of Italy's boot, between Puglia and Calabria, home to Matera. Of its 131 comuni, 98% had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and 129 of them sit inside Italy's 7% pension-tax zone.

This page is for anyone looking at houses for sale in Basilicata or thinking of moving there: which towns need people most, the one-euro schemes, and every comune in the region with its own page.

Updated September 2026 · figures from ISTAT

131
comuni
98%
of them shrinking since 2019
-5.1%
population change, 2019–2025
129
towns in the 7% tax zone

1 euro houses in Basilicata

We have no verified one-euro scheme in Basilicata on file yet. That is not the same as there being none: schemes are announced by each comune, in Italian, and come and go. Watch a town from its page and we will tell you the day its scheme page changes.

The house is rarely the expensive part. Read what the one-euro houses really cost before bidding on anything.

The towns in Basilicata that most need people

Ranked by the Need Index: how fast the town is losing residents and how old its people are. These are where houses sit empty longest, where owners are most willing to sell, and where comuni run schemes to fill them.

  1. 1Carbone-16.4% · 488
  2. 2Cersosimo-16.2% · 508
  3. 3Cirigliano-15.8% · 272
  4. 4Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea-15% · 851
  5. 5San Paolo Albanese-14.6% · 211
  6. 6Oliveto Lucano-13.2% · 349
  7. 7San Chirico Nuovo-14.4% · 1,108
  8. 8Stigliano-12.8% · 3,449
  9. 9San Chirico Raparo-13.3% · 874
  10. 10Terranova di Pollino-12.1% · 984
  11. 11Missanello-17.2% · 462
  12. 12San Mauro Forte-14.3% · 1,208
  13. 13Castelsaraceno-13.6% · 1,131
  14. 14Roccanova-12.8% · 1,258
  15. 15Noepoli-10.6% · 729

The 7% tax towns in Basilicata

A foreign pensioner who moves their tax residence to a comune of 20,000 people or fewer here pays a flat 7% on all foreign income for nine years. 129 of Basilicata's comuni meet that size test.

See every 7% tax town in Italy, or read how retiring to Italy works.

Every comune in Basilicata

All 131, by province. Each has its own page with its population trend, median age, scheme status and neighbours.

Potenza · 100

Abriola · Acerenza · Albano di Lucania · Anzi · Armento · Atella · Avigliano · Balvano · Banzi · Baragiano · Barile · Bella · Brienza · Brindisi Montagna · Calvello · Calvera · Campomaggiore · Cancellara · Carbone · Castelgrande · Castelluccio Inferiore · Castelluccio Superiore · Castelmezzano · Castelsaraceno · Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea · Cersosimo · Chiaromonte · Corleto Perticara · Episcopia · Fardella · Filiano · Forenza · Francavilla in Sinni · Gallicchio · Genzano di Lucania · Ginestra · Grumento Nova · Guardia Perticara · Lagonegro · Latronico · Laurenzana · Lauria · Lavello · Maratea · Marsico Nuovo · Marsicovetere · Maschito · Melfi · Missanello · Moliterno · Montemilone · Montemurro · Muro Lucano · Nemoli · Noepoli · Oppido Lucano · Palazzo San Gervasio · Paterno · Pescopagano · Picerno · Pietragalla · Pietrapertosa · Pignola · Potenza · Rapolla · Rapone · Rionero in Vulture · Ripacandida · Rivello · Roccanova · Rotonda · Ruoti · Ruvo del Monte · San Chirico Nuovo · San Chirico Raparo · San Costantino Albanese · San Fele · San Martino d'Agri · San Paolo Albanese · San Severino Lucano · Sant'Angelo Le Fratte · Sant'Arcangelo · Sarconi · Sasso di Castalda · Satriano di Lucania · Savoia di Lucania · Senise · Spinoso · Teana · Terranova di Pollino · Tito · Tolve · Tramutola · Trecchina · Trivigno · Vaglio Basilicata · Venosa · Vietri di Potenza · Viggianello · Viggiano

Moving to Basilicata: questions people ask

Can you buy a house in Basilicata for 1 euro?
We have no verified one-euro scheme in Basilicata on file. That means we have not confirmed one, not that none exists — schemes open and close through each comune's own notice. The cheapest houses here usually come from court auctions and private owners in the smaller inland towns.
Is Basilicata losing population?
98% of Basilicata's comuni with comparable figures had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and the region's comuni as a whole changed by -5.1%. The steepest declines are almost always in the smallest towns.
Does Basilicata qualify for Italy's 7% tax on foreign pensions?
Yes, in part. 129 of Basilicata's 131 comuni have 20,000 residents or fewer, which with the region is the location test for the 7% flat tax on foreign pension income. The pension must be foreign-sourced and you must not have been tax-resident in Italy for the previous five years.
Where are the cheapest houses in Basilicata?
In the small inland comuni that are losing people fastest — the list on this page is a good place to start. Genuinely cheap houses come from three places: one-euro schemes, Italian court auctions, and owners selling privately, often with no agent at all.

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