1/10Who this town suits
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The honest read
- An airport with scheduled flights is within reach — Brindisi Airport (BDS), about 54.1km away.
- An established international community — 30 residents from Western countries already here.
Nothing notable to weigh either way here.
- No hospital shows up within reach in our mapping — worth checking where the nearest one actually is before committing.
- A quiet spot for eating out — only 5 places to eat within 5km.
Written from the data on this page — this town's own ISTAT and OpenStreetMap figures, not editorial impressions.
People
Where the population is heading
Arrivals and departures over the year, from the ISTAT demographic balance. International migration counts moves across Italy’s border; internal migration counts moves to and from other Italian comuni.
Age structure
Property prices
Agenzia delle Entrate - OMI · 2025 H2 · broad indicative €/m² ranges by OMI zone, not a valuation or a listing price. Always check the specific address and current listings for any property.
Air travel
Nearest airport with scheduled passenger service (great-circle distance). Verified against OurAirports, Assaeroporti and Wikipedia — cargo-only and general-aviation fields are excluded. Check the airport site for current routes and timetables.
Leisure & facilities
Mapped from OpenStreetMap; absence here means “not mapped,” which isn’t always the same as “not there.”
Daily life & distances (within 1 km / 3 km / 5 km)
- 1.Farmacia Stefanelli (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.3 km by road)
- 2.Farmacia (in Acquarica)~11 min driving (6.6 km by road)
- 3.Farmacia Dott. Gabrieli (in Calimera)~14 min driving (8.1 km by road)
- 1.Banca di Credito Cooperativo (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.2 km by road)
- 2.Melendugno (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.2 km by road)
- 3.BCC di Terra d'Otranto (in Borgagne)~12 min driving (7.4 km by road)
- 1.Poste Italiane (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.2 km by road)
- 2.Ufficio postale (in Castri di Lecce)~16 min driving (9.3 km by road)
- 3.Poste italiane (in Strudà)~18 min driving (10.8 km by road)
- 1.ASL Calimera (in Calimera)~14 min driving (8.1 km by road)
- 2.Studio medico (in Castri di Lecce)~16 min driving (9.6 km by road)
- 3.Studio medico Dott. Congedo (in Castri di Lecce)~16 min driving (9.8 km by road)
- Studio dentistico (in Castri di Lecce)~16 min driving (9.9 km by road)
- 1.Complesso scolastico Giuseppe Mazzini (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.6 km by road)
- 2.Istituto comprensivo statale G. Mazzini (in Melendugno)~1 min driving (0.6 km by road)
- 3.School (in Vernole)~8 min driving (4.9 km by road)
- Ospedale A. Galateo Di San Cesario (in San Cesario di Lecce)~31 min driving (23.4 km by road)
- Beach (in Torre Specchia Ruggeri)~16 min driving (9.4 km by road)
Counts show what’s mapped in OpenStreetMap within each ring. Where little is close, the nearest few are listed with an estimated drive time (a guide, not a measured route; typically ~1.5× the straight-line distance at rural speeds). Daily services are searched to 15 km; hospital and beach to 100 km.
Foreign community
Foreign community — estimated religious background
Estimated from the foreignresidents’ country of citizenship, not a religion census — a guide to the likely background of the foreign community, not a measured figure.
Civic vitality
Read automatically from the comune’s own website — soft signals of how active the local administration is, not a verdict. Some towns use a shared regional portal, so a quiet site doesn’t always mean a quiet town. See the methodology.
Schools & education
School counts from the MIUR Anagrafe scuole (presence by level, not a ranking). Universities and conservatories/academies from the MIUR institution lists; nearby university presence from OpenStreetMap. A student presence often means more rentals and services.
What’s around Melendugno
Nearby features by direction and distance — what we could locate, nothing guessed.
Sources: ISTAT↗ · OpenStreetMap↗ · Comune site↗ · Photo↗ · Updated October 9, 2026 · How we know this →