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Cellara: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Corso Vittorio Emanuele Secondo 1, Cellara.

Cellara, a hill village inland from Cosenza

Cellara is a hill village in the countryside around Cosenza, with the town hall at around 750 metres and the city within driving distance for work, schools and hospital. It is a small residential place, with an old core of houses built against one another along narrow streets and some newer buildings on the edges.

For a buyer, altitude and earthquakes are the two points to put before everything else. This is climate zone E, with cold winters by Calabrian standards: the heating system and windows weigh on running costs every year. Houses in the old centre are often old masonry, with work done at different times.

Earthquake hazard is high. Cellara is in seismic zone 1 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 65 of the 150 municipalities in the province of Cosenza, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.276 g. Before buying, ask for the year of construction, any structural assessments and records of work carried out, and for a masonry house have an engineer explain how walls and floors are tied together.

In 2023 there were 481 residents, 5.9% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.9 against 46.1 for the province, and over-65s make up 28.5%, against 24.4%. Foreign residents are 2.5%. Average declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel. On the slopes, landslide hazard has to be read plot by plot on the official maps, which is what the report does for the chosen address.

Key points

  • Hill village inland from Cosenza.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.276 g.
  • 481 residents in 2023, over-65s at 28.5%.
  • Average incomes slightly above the province.

Overview

Cellara is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 481 residents, among the smallest in the province (144 of 150).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cellara 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 Cellara, 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 5.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cellara declared an average taxable income of 19,200 euros, above the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cellara is in climate zone E, with 2,291 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 750 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cellara 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 5.3% of the land in Cellara, 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

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Cellara.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cellara: 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 Cellara 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 Cellara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 078035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.