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Crotone: 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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Crotone, Pythagoras's city on the Ionian Sea

The province's code, KR, comes from the city's Greek name: Kroton, one of the leading colonies of Magna Graecia and the place where Pythagoras founded his school. Crotone faces the Ionian Sea, and south of the city, on the headland of Capo Colonna, a single column still stands from the great temple of Hera Lacinia. The province was created in 1992, when it separated from Catanzaro.

Of all Calabria's provincial capitals, Crotone has lost the fewest residents: 58,478 in 2023 against 58,881 at the 2011 census, a dip of just 0.7%. It is also the youngest. The estimated average age is 44, and 21.4% of residents are over 65, compared with 24.0% for Calabria. Households average 2.33 people and 5.0% of residents are foreign nationals. The city is home to 36.1% of the population of the province's 27 municipalities.

In Overture's open map data, provision is above the provincial average for healthcare (42 sites), education (47) and sport (38), while officially registered pharmacies (17) and supermarkets (36) are proportionally scarcer. There are 267 cafés and restaurants.

The seismic picture is consistent across the area: all 27 municipalities in the province are in zone 2. In Crotone's built-up area the expected ground acceleration is about 0.163 g, a mid-range value. Anyone considering a flat can ask when the block was built, whether its design took anti-seismic rules into account and whether any structural work has been done.

As for the land registry, the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality and the report reaches the land parcel from the address. On the coast, along the Esaro river that runs through the city and towards the hills, landslide and flood risk is checked street by street rather than with a single verdict.

Key points

  • Calabria's youngest provincial capital: 21.4% of residents over 65.
  • 58,478 residents in 2023, almost unchanged since 2011 (-0.7%).
  • All 27 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 2; about 0.163 g.
  • A separate province since 1992, previously part of Catanzaro.

Overview

Crotone is the capital of the province of Crotone, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 58,478 residents, ranked 0 of 27 municipalities in the province. 36% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crotone 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 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Crotone, 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Crotone.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Crotone has 47 schools and 17 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 36 grocery shops and supermarkets, 42 healthcare facilities, 38 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Crotone: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 101010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.