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Cotronei: 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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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: Via dei Laghi Silani 1, Cotronei.

Cotronei, from the hill town up to Lake Ampollino in the Sila

Cotronei's territory climbs from the hills around Crotone up to the Sila plateau, where Lake Ampollino and the holiday resorts of Trepidò and Villaggio Palumbo lie. The town itself stands at around five hundred metres, on a slope facing the Ionian coast, and Crotone is less than an hour's drive away. For decades the water of the Sila lakes has fed the hydroelectric plants in the area.

In practice there are two markets. In the town are the main homes, from stone houses in the old centre to newer buildings along the approach roads. Up on the Sila, much higher, most properties are mountain holiday homes: buyers should allow for snow, winter driving, heating and insulation, and ask how water supply and drainage work out of season.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 5,179 residents in 2023, down 4.7% on 2011. The average age is 45.4 against 44.3 in the province; 23.8% are over 65 and 4.9% are foreign nationals. The average income is higher than in the province of Crotone as a whole. There are 8 schools and education sites, or 1.54 per 1,000 residents against 1.22 in the province, and 4 healthcare facilities.

All 27 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2 on the scale used by the Civil Protection Department, and in Cotronei the expected ground acceleration is about 0.215 g, a high value. Calabria has a long history of strong earthquakes. If you are buying a masonry building or a block from the 1960s or 1970s, have a structural survey done before you sign.

On the steep slopes between the town and the Sila, the report checks the landslide maps and the gradient at the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace the plot.

Key points

  • From the hillside town up to the Sila and Lake Ampollino.
  • Residents down 4.7% since 2011, average age 45.4.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.215 g.
  • Sila holiday homes: weigh up snow, roads and utilities.

Overview

Cotronei is a municipality in the province of Crotone, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,179 residents, ranked 9 of 27 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cotronei 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 0.215 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cotronei, 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cotronei declared an average taxable income of 20,006 euros, above the provincial average (17,765 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cotronei is in climate zone D, with 1,846 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 502 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cotronei has 8 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.

There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 3.4% of the land in Cotronei, 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 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cotronei. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cotronei: 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 Cotronei 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 40 inhabited census areas in Cotronei. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 81 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 19.0%
  • good 30.4%
  • very good 50.7%

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 101009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.