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Andali: what to know before buying a home

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

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Andali, a hill village inland from Catanzaro

Above six hundred metres, on the hills that rise from inland Catanzaro towards the Sila, Andali is a small village with a compact centre surrounded by farmland and scrub. Catanzaro remains the place for work, the university, hospitals and offices, reached by car along hill roads; the Ionian coast lies further down.

Andali has lost many residents in recent years: Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 795 in 2011 and 614 in 2023, a fall of 22.8%. Over-65s make up 33.4%, against 24.6% in the province, and the estimated average age is 51.2 against 46.1. Households are small, 1.85 people on average. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Buyers here mostly find masonry houses in the centre, often in need of renovation. Check the roof, damp and services first, then the structure. Andali is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 35 municipalities in the province, while 45 others are in zone 1. Expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.211 g, a medium to high value: an engineer can tell you whether work is needed and what it would cost.

On the hillsides, ground conditions vary from plot to plot. The report measures elevation and slope at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps, along with real distances to the pharmacy, school and shops.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the address can be traced to its land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Hill village between Catanzaro and the Sila.
  • 614 residents, down 22.8% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 33.4%, against 24.6% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.211 g.

Overview

Andali is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 614 residents, ranked 71 of 80 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Andali is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 35 of 80 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.211 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Andali, 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 22.8%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Andali declared an average taxable income of 14,441 euros, below the provincial average (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Andali is in climate zone E, with 2,132 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 650 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Andali has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 3.0% of the land in Andali, compared with 6.6% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Andali.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Andali: 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 Andali 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 5 inhabited census areas in Andali. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.9%
  • good 94.1%

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 079005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.