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Belvedere di Spinello: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Viale Antonio Gramsci 2, Belvedere di Spinello.

Belvedere di Spinello, the hills inland from Crotone

Belvedere di Spinello is a farming village inland from Crotone, on the clay hills that run down towards the Neto valley in eastern Calabria. The name fits: belvedere means viewpoint, and the centre, at around 330 metres, looks out over wheat fields, olive groves and eroded clay gullies. Crotone, with its hospital, port and secondary schools, is under an hour away by car, and the services of the nearby valley towns are within reach.

Homes are mostly village houses on two or three floors around the older core, plus rural houses scattered across the farms. Before buying, check the structure and the services, and ask when the last work was done. On clay ground, ground stability has to be looked at plot by plot, and the report shows the official landslide maps for the address.

The population is falling clearly. At the end of 2023 there were 1,943 residents, 16.5% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 48.0 is high for a young province like Crotone, where it is 44.3, and over-65s make up 29.9% against 22.5%. Foreign residents are 4.9%.

The village is in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.202 g, a fairly high value. For masonry or reinforced concrete buildings a few decades old, ask for the design drawings, the structural test certificate and whether any upgrading has been done.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality.

Key points

  • Clay hills inland from Crotone, towards the Neto.
  • Average age 48.0, above the provincial figure.
  • Population down 16.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2: ask for drawings and tests.

Overview

Belvedere di Spinello is a municipality in the province of Crotone, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,943 residents, ranked 16 of 27 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Belvedere di Spinello is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 27 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.202 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Belvedere di Spinello, 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 16.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (44). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Belvedere di Spinello declared an average taxable income of 15,611 euros, below the provincial average (17,765 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Belvedere di Spinello is in climate zone C, with 1,383 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 330 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Belvedere di Spinello has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.3% of the land in Belvedere di Spinello, compared with 3.8% 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 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 Belvedere di Spinello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Belvedere di Spinello: 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 Belvedere di Spinello 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 12 inhabited census areas in Belvedere di Spinello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 37.4%
  • good 62.6%

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 101001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.