Cinquefrondi: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Cinquefrondi, on the eastern edge of the Gioia Tauro plain
The Gioia Tauro plain is a wide expanse of olive groves rising gently from the Tyrrhenian Sea towards the mountains of inland Calabria. Cinquefrondi sits on its eastern edge, at about two hundred and fifty metres, where the flat land starts turning into hills. Polistena is just next door, Gioia Tauro and its port are about twenty kilometres away, and Reggio Calabria is further, a good hour's drive.
The town is younger than the provincial average: average age 43.3 against 45.2, with 21.3% of residents over 65. Households average 2.50 people and foreign residents are only 2.8%. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 6,242 residents at the end of 2023, down 3.9% on 2011, and declared incomes are lower than in the province. The climate is mild, zone C on the Italian scale, with short winters.
The thing to understand before buying is earthquake risk. All 97 municipalities in the province of Reggio Calabria are in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous level on the national scale set by the Civil Protection Department, and in Cinquefrondi the expected ground acceleration is about 0.262 g, among the highest values in Italy. The earthquakes of 1783 flattened many towns on the plain, and most of the buildings you see today are later.
In practice, before buying ask for the structural design and the year of construction, and find out whether the building has been upgraded or strengthened. Many houses in the area have grown over time with added floors or extensions: in those cases you need the building permits and the structural sign-off for the new parts, and a survey by an engineer is money well spent given the risk.
Starting from the address, the report finds the land parcel on the cadastral maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps there, which matter on sloping ground and near the streams that run down to the plain.
Key points
- Eastern edge of the Gioia Tauro plain, among olive groves and hills.
- Average age 43.3, households of 2.50 people.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.262 g.
- Houses extended over time: permits and structural sign-off needed.
Overview
Cinquefrondi is a municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 6,242 residents, ranked 18 of 97 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cinquefrondi is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 97 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.262 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Cinquefrondi, 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 3.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cinquefrondi declared an average taxable income of 16,721 euros, below the provincial average (19,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cinquefrondi is in climate zone C, with 1,191 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 257 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cinquefrondi has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 6.0% of the land in Cinquefrondi, compared with 5.8% 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 Cinquefrondi.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cinquefrondi: 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 Cinquefrondi 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 32 inhabited census areas in Cinquefrondi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.8%
- fair 99.2%
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 080027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.