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Cutro: 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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For example: Via Nazionale 1, Cutro.

Cutro, Marchesato farmland running down to the Ionian Sea

Cutro's landscape is the farming plateau of the Marchesato, the rolling country between the Sila mountains and the sea, south-west of Crotone. The town itself is at around 220 metres, but the municipality is large and stretches down to the Ionian coast, where holiday homes have grown up along the shore. Around the town the land is mostly open fields of cereals, with few trees and scattered farmhouses.

For buyers, the town and the coast are two separate markets. In the centre there are family houses, often large and in need of renovation, at low prices; by the sea, second homes used for a few months a year are the norm. Crotone, with its hospital, public offices and secondary schools, is about twenty minutes by road, and the local airport is close by. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

At the end of 2023 there were 9,305 residents, down 7.6% on 2011, which means 760 fewer people. Cutro still ranks 4 in the province by population. The average age of 45.8 is higher than the provincial figure (44.3); people over 65 make up 25.4% and foreign residents 5.8%.

All 27 municipalities in the province of Crotone are in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection Department's classification, and expected ground acceleration in Cutro's built-up area is about 0.188 g. For houses that owners built or extended themselves over the years, check that the town hall holds the structural design, the inspection certificate and valid planning permits, because without them even selling the property can become difficult.

The plateau is largely clay, and along its edges, where the land drops towards the streams, it can slip or be eroded by heavy rain. The report finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Marchesato plateau, with land reaching the Ionian coast.
  • Crotone about twenty minutes away by road.
  • Whole province in seismic zone 2, acceleration about 0.188 g.
  • 9,305 residents, down 7.6% since 2011.

Overview

Cutro is a municipality in the province of Crotone, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 9,305 residents, ranked 4 of 27 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cutro 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 0.188 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cutro, 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 7.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cutro declared an average taxable income of 15,409 euros, below the provincial average (17,765 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cutro is in climate zone C, with 1,167 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 220 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cutro has 11 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 4.3% of the land in Cutro, 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

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cutro, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Cutro: 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 Cutro 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 61 inhabited census areas in Cutro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 79 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.6%
  • fair 21.8%
  • good 34.7%
  • very good 42.9%

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 101012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.