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Castroregio: 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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Castroregio, an Arbëreshë village in the hills above the Ionian coast

Castroregio is one of Calabria's communities of Albanian origin, known as Arbëreshë, who keep their own language, religious rites and traditions. The village stands in the mountains of the upper Ionian side of the province of Cosenza, at over eight hundred metres, with the Ionian coast below and a landscape of woods, pastures and steep gullies.

The population has fallen hard. According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 220 residents in 2023, against 345 in 2011: 125 fewer, a drop of 36.2%. The estimated average age is 55.1, against 46.1 in the province of Cosenza, and over-65s make up 36.4%, against 24.4% provincially. Households are small, with 1.48 members on average, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For buyers, the market is village houses in masonry, often needing renovation, with prices best compared against the range for the local OMI zone (the Revenue Agency's property market observatory) that the report gives for the address. Services, secondary schools and hospital are on the coast or in the larger towns, and mountain roads take time, so if you plan to live here all year, weigh the distances carefully. Climate zone E means cold winters at this altitude.

The village is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale; in the province of Cosenza, 65 municipalities are in zone 1 and 85 in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.119 g. In an old house, have a surveyor check walls, floors and roof before making an offer. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report also checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Arbëreshë village in the hills above the Ionian coast of Calabria.
  • 220 residents in 2023, down 36.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 36.4%, against 24.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.119 g.

Overview

Castroregio is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 220 residents, among the smallest in the province (149 of 150).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castroregio is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (85 of 150) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.119 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castroregio, 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 36.2%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castroregio declared an average taxable income of 14,267 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castroregio is in climate zone E, with 2,436 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 819 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castroregio has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.5 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 1.3% of the land in Castroregio, 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 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 Castroregio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castroregio: 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 Castroregio 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 6 inhabited census areas in Castroregio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.1%
  • fair 87.9%

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 078032. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.