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Aiello Calabro: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Contrada Cannavali 1, Aiello Calabro.

Aiello Calabro, a hill village behind the Tyrrhenian coast

Aiello Calabro is a hill village in the province of Cosenza, inland from Calabria's Tyrrhenian coast, with its centre at around 500 metres. The old houses cling to the hillside along narrow, climbing lanes, while newer buildings have spread out along the access roads. For work, secondary schools and hospitals, people rely on the larger towns on the coast and on Cosenza, reached by car.

The village has lost a lot of people. In 2023 it had 1,374 residents, down 27.9% on the 2011 census, or 533 fewer people. The average age is 50.8, against 46.1 across the province, and 30.9% of residents are over 65. Households are small, 1.96 people on average, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake risk deserves the closest look. Aiello Calabro is in seismic zone 1, the highest band of Italy's national classification, along with 64 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.248 g. For a stone house in the old centre, find out whether it has been strengthened (tie rods, ring beams) and ask for the paperwork on any renovation.

On ground this uneven, slope matters too. The report reads elevation, gradient and the official landslide and flood maps at the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Hill village inland from the Tyrrhenian coast near Cosenza.
  • Population down 27.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.248 g.
  • 30.9% of residents over 65, average age 50.8.

Overview

Aiello Calabro is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,374 residents, ranked 94 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Aiello Calabro is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 65 of 150 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.248 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Aiello Calabro, 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 27.9%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Aiello Calabro declared an average taxable income of 15,884 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Aiello Calabro is in climate zone D, with 1,808 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 502 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Aiello Calabro has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.8% of the land in Aiello Calabro, compared with 4.4% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 no contaminated sites in Aiello Calabro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Aiello Calabro: 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 Aiello Calabro 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 Aiello Calabro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 50 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.6%
  • fair 87.4%

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 078004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.