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Feroleto Antico: 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 Addolorata 1, Feroleto Antico.

Feroleto Antico, hills above the Lamezia plain

Feroleto Antico sits in the hills closing off the Lamezia Terme plain to the north-east, in the province of Catanzaro, where Calabria narrows between the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian seas. The centre is below 300 metres, with hamlets scattered among olive groves and farmland, and from the hill you can see the plain all the way to the sea.

Closeness to Lamezia is the most practical point for buyers: it has the international airport, the station on the Tyrrhenian railway and the A2 motorway. The village offers bigger houses at modest prices, with an old masonry core and newer buildings along the roads. Before buying, check planning compliance and when the building was built.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 1,956 residents, down 6.3% from 2,087 in 2011. The average age is 46.1, the same as the provincial 46.1, and foreign residents make up 1.8%. Incomes are below the average for the province of Catanzaro.

This point should not be underestimated: Feroleto Antico is in seismic zone 1, the highest class in the Civil Protection scale, with an expected acceleration of 0.274 g in the built-up area. For a house built before recent seismic codes, ask for the filed structural design and an assessment by a surveyor.

For each address the report shows the official landslide maps on the hills and flood maps towards the plain. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Hills above the Lamezia Terme plain.
  • Airport, railway and A2 at Lamezia, a short drive.
  • Seismic zone 1, the highest class.
  • Expected acceleration 0.274 g in the built-up area.

Overview

Feroleto Antico is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,956 residents, ranked 35 of 80 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Feroleto Antico 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 0.274 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Feroleto Antico, 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 6.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Feroleto Antico declared an average taxable income of 16,689 euros, below the provincial average (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Feroleto Antico is in climate zone C, with 1,295 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 280 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Feroleto Antico has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 8.6% of the land in Feroleto Antico, compared with 6.6% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 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 Feroleto Antico; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Feroleto Antico: 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 Feroleto Antico 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 32 inhabited census areas in Feroleto Antico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 7.2%
  • fair 92.8%

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 079048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.