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Falconara Albanese: 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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For example: Viale Marinella 1, Falconara Albanese.

Falconara Albanese, an Arbëreshë village above the Tyrrhenian

Falconara Albanese is one of Calabria's Arbëreshë villages, founded by Albanian refugees between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and it still keeps that community's language and customs. The village centre stands at around six hundred metres on the Catena Costiera, the coastal range between the Crati valley and the Tyrrhenian Sea, while the municipality runs all the way down to the coast.

That split shows in the housing. Up in the village there are stone houses on sloping streets with sea views; towards the coast there are newer buildings, handier for people working along the shore or in Paola. Cosenza lies on the other side of the range and is reached by car.

Unlike many places nearby, Falconara has grown: there are 1,478 residents, up 5.2% on 2011. The average age is 46.5, close to the provincial figure (46.1), and over-65s make up 24.8%. Foreign nationals are 1.6%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 1, the highest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 64 other municipalities in the province of Cosenza; the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.209 g. For a house here, the year of construction, any strengthening work and the structural paperwork matter more than the finishes.

The slopes of the Catena Costiera are steep. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures elevation and gradient, and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Arbëreshë village on the coastal range, land reaching the sea.
  • 1,478 residents, up 5.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.209 g.
  • Slopes and gradients to check plot by plot.

Overview

Falconara Albanese is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,478 residents, ranked 91 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Falconara Albanese is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 65 of 150 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.209 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Falconara Albanese, 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 5.2%. 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 1.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Falconara Albanese declared an average taxable income of 15,781 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Falconara Albanese is in climate zone D, with 1,996 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 602 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Falconara Albanese has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

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 6.4% of the land in Falconara Albanese, compared with 4.4% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.0 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 open contaminated sites in Falconara Albanese; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Falconara Albanese: 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 Falconara Albanese 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 21 inhabited census areas in Falconara Albanese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 47.6%
  • fair 52.4%

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 078052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.