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Crosia: 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: Via Nazionale 1, Crosia.

Crosia, a hill village and Mirto on the Ionian Sea

On the Ionian coast of Calabria, just south of Corigliano-Rossano, Crosia is really two places. The old village sits on a hill at around 230 metres, while most residents now live in Mirto, the district that grew by the sea along the SS106 coast road, with shops, schools and blocks of flats. Many people know the town simply as Mirto Crosia.

In Mirto, buyers find flats in recent blocks and terraced houses, some only a few steps from the beach, while up the hill there are older masonry houses, often with land and olive trees. On the coast, look at the age of the building and the quality of construction, because the district grew quickly and build quality varies a lot from one building to the next. The fiumare, the wide stony riverbeds coming down from the Sila mountains, stay dry for months but can swell within hours in heavy rain.

Crosia is one of the youngest towns in the province of Cosenza. At the end of 2023 there were 9,679 residents, up 2.1% on 2011, with an estimated average age of 42.9 against 46.1 and over-65s at 19.4% (the province has 24.4%). Foreign residents make up 10.9%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, and house prices stay low.

On earthquakes, the province has 65 municipalities in seismic zone 1 and 85 in zone 2, on the Civil Protection scale. Crosia is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.195 g. Always ask for the design, the structural sign-off and the year of construction, and be wary of extra storeys added without permits.

The report uses the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps to find the land parcel and checks flooding from the fiumare and landslides on the slopes at that address.

Key points

  • Hill village plus the seaside district of Mirto on the Ionian.
  • Population up 2.1% since 2011, average age 42.9.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.195 g.
  • Riverbeds that swell in heavy rain: check flood hazard.

Overview

Crosia is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 9,679 residents, among the most populous in the province (12 of 150).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crosia 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 0.195 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Crosia, 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 grown by 2.1%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Crosia declared an average taxable income of 14,424 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Crosia is in climate zone C, with 1,163 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 230 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Crosia has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 11.8% of the land in Crosia, compared with 4.4% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.

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 Crosia.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Crosia: 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 Crosia 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 35 inhabited census areas in Crosia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.9%
  • fair 57.2%
  • good 39.9%

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 078047. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.