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Fiumara: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, 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 Tobruk 1, Fiumara.

Fiumara, hills behind the Strait of Messina

The name says a lot about the landscape: in Calabria a fiumara is a wide, stony riverbed, almost dry in summer and swollen after heavy rain. Fiumara sits on the hills rising behind the Strait of Messina, in the area of Reggio Calabria and Villa San Giovanni, with the village at around 200 metres among olive groves and vegetable plots.

Many residents work in town and come home in the evening. The climate zone is C, with mild winters: more than heating, what matters here is keeping cool in summer, damp, and the upkeep of sun-exposed walls.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 840 residents at the end of 2023, 181 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 17.7%. The average age is 49.7, against 45.2 for the province, over-65s are 30.1% and foreign residents 5.7%. Declared average income is below the provincial figure.

All 97 municipalities in the province of Reggio Calabria are in seismic zone 1, the highest in the Civil Protection classification, and in Fiumara the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.262 g. Buyers should know exactly when the house was built and under which rules, ask for the structural design filed with the authorities and, for a masonry building or one with added storeys, have an engineer look at it before making an offer.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report traces the address to its land parcel. Near the streams and on steep slopes, the official flood and landslide maps need reading for the exact plot.

Key points

  • Hills between Reggio Calabria and Villa San Giovanni, above the Strait.
  • All 97 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 1.
  • Expected acceleration about 0.262 g: get a structural check.
  • Population down 17.7% since 2011.

Overview

Fiumara is a municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 840 residents, ranked 71 of 97 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fiumara is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 97 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.262 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Fiumara, 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 17.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fiumara declared an average taxable income of 15,715 euros, below the provincial average (19,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fiumara is in climate zone C, with 1,010 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 192 metres above sea level.

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 5.8% of the land in Fiumara, compared with 5.8% 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 Fiumara. 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 Fiumara: 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 Fiumara 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 13 inhabited census areas in Fiumara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 080034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.