Casali del Manco: 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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Casali del Manco, five Presila villages in one municipality
Casali del Manco is a recent municipality, formed by merging five villages in the Presila, the hills east of Cosenza: Casole Bruzio, Pedace, Serra Pedace, Spezzano Piccolo and Trenta. They sit on the slopes that climb from Cosenza towards the Sila plateau, and each has kept its own centre, square and church.
For buyers the first decision is which village, before which house. Altitude, roads and distance from Cosenza vary quite a lot from one to another, and with altitude come colder winters, snow and higher heating bills. The old centres have stone houses built on slopes, often in need of renovation; the newer areas closer to the city have detached houses and small blocks. Cosenza, with its university and hospitals, remains the place for work and services.
The population is falling. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 9,410 residents in 2023, down 9.4% on 2011. The average age is 46.6, similar to the province; over-65s make up 24.5% and foreign nationals 3.3%. Incomes are above the provincial average.
Earthquakes come first. The Civil Protection Department places the municipality in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous, like 65 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.276 g, among the highest in Italy. Have a surveyor look at any stone house in the old centres before making an offer; for reinforced concrete buildings, the design year and structural sign-off tell you a lot.
On the Presila slopes landslide risk changes from spot to spot, and the report checks it at the address. The Revenue Agency publishes cadastral maps for the new municipality too.
Key points
- Five Presila villages merged into one municipality.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.276 g.
- Population down 9.4% since 2011.
- Altitude and distance from Cosenza differ for each village.
Overview
Casali del Manco is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 9,410 residents, among the most populous in the province (14 of 150).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casali del Manco 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 0.276 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Casali del Manco, 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 9.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Casali del Manco declared an average taxable income of 19,347 euros, above the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Casali del Manco is in climate zone E, with 2,277 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 743 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Casali del Manco has 13 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.
The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 2.2% of the land in Casali del Manco, compared with 4.4% 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 Casali del Manco.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Casali del Manco: 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 Casali del Manco 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 65 inhabited census areas in Casali del Manco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 10.7%
- fair 89.3%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 078156. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.