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Filandari: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Filandari, hamlets and hills inland from Vibo

Filandari is a municipality inland from Vibo Valentia, south of the town, on the farmed hills between the Tropea coast and the Serre mountains. It is split into several hamlets, each with its own small centre, separated by olive groves, fields and hill roads. Vibo Valentia is close for work, offices and services, and the coast is a short drive away.

Compared with the provincial average, Filandari has a younger population. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,741 residents in 2023, down 5.6% since 2011; the average age is 42.6 against 45.5 in the province, and over-65s make up 19.2%. Households average 2.54 people and foreign residents are 1.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

House hunters will mostly find detached homes, often built in stages with a floor added over time, and older village houses. That is exactly what needs checking: extensions and added storeys should be verified both for planning compliance and for structural soundness. The climate zone is D, with moderate winters.

Earthquakes outweigh everything else. Filandari is in seismic zone 1, like all 50 municipalities in the province of Vibo Valentia, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.265 g. Paying an independent surveyor to look at the structure and the paperwork before signing is money well spent.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and checks the slope and the official landslide and flood maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Hill municipality south of Vibo Valentia, split into several hamlets.
  • Average age 42.6, over-65s at 19.2%.
  • Seismic zone 1, like all 50 municipalities in the province.
  • Check extensions and added storeys before buying.

Overview

Filandari is a municipality in the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,741 residents, ranked 29 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Filandari is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.265 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Filandari, 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 5.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Filandari declared an average taxable income of 16,218 euros, below the provincial average (17,878 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Filandari is in climate zone D, with 1,607 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 486 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Filandari has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

There are 0.6 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 5.2% of the land in Filandari, compared with 5.9% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 contaminated sites in Filandari.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Filandari: 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 Filandari 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 22 inhabited census areas in Filandari. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 102012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.