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Decollatura: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Catanzaro, 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 Gabriele D'Annunzio 1, Decollatura.

Decollatura, a mountain village on the Reventino

Decollatura sits on the heights of the Reventino, in the inland part of the province of Catanzaro, between the Sila plateau and the Lamezia plain. The town hall stands at around 770 metres, so winter is real here: climate zone E means heating costs weigh far more than on the coast. In summer the cooler air brings back people who moved away and return for the holidays.

The municipality is made up of a main centre and several scattered hamlets among woods and fields, linked by roads that climb and drop. The first question for a buyer is which cluster to choose, as the distance to shops, the school and the pharmacy varies a lot. Many homes are old masonry buildings, renovated in stages: check the roof, damp and services one by one.

The village is slowly losing people, like much of the Calabrian mountains. Istat, the national statistics office, records 2,847 residents (2023), down 12.5% since 2011. The average age is 48.0, against 46.1 in the province, and over-65s reach 27.7%. Foreign residents are 5.0%. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

The whole province of Catanzaro has high seismic hazard: 45 municipalities are in zone 1 and 35 in zone 2. Decollatura is in zone 1, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.275 g. This is the key figure for a buyer: before purchasing, find out how the structure is built, whether it has been strengthened and what paperwork proves it.

On the slopes it is also worth looking at the gradient of the plot and the official landslide maps. The report reads all of this for the address, along with the price band and the cadastral maps, which are published for Decollatura.

Key points

  • Mountain village on the Reventino, town hall at about 770 metres
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.275 g
  • 2,847 residents, down 12.5% since 2011
  • Over-65s at 27.7%, against 24.6% in the province

Overview

Decollatura is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,847 residents, ranked 27 of 80 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Decollatura is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (45 of 80) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.275 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Decollatura, 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Decollatura declared an average taxable income of 17,816 euros, below the provincial average (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Decollatura is in climate zone E, with 2,370 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 772 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Decollatura has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.4 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 4.0% of the land in Decollatura, compared with 6.6% 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 Decollatura.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Decollatura: 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 Decollatura 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 45 inhabited census areas in Decollatura. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 11.9%
  • fair 88.1%

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 079043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.