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Grimaldi: 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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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: Corso Umberto 1, Grimaldi.

Grimaldi, a mountain village in the Savuto valley

Grimaldi is a village in the Savuto valley, south of Cosenza, built on a hillside at around six hundred and fifty metres, surrounded by chestnut and oak woods. Cosenza and the university area of Rende are where people go for work, study and the hospital, reached by car on mountain roads and the motorway that runs through the valley.

The old centre has masonry houses on several levels, often with the entrance on one street and the back lower down on another. It is worth understanding this properly when viewing, because it affects light, damp in rooms set against the hillside and how building work can be done. Winters are cool, in Italian climate zone E.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,518 residents in 2023, down 12.7% since 2011. The average age of 47.7 is a little above the 46.1 of the province of Cosenza, and over-65s make up 26.2%. Foreign residents account for 2.2%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

In Calabria earthquake hazard is high almost everywhere. Grimaldi is in seismic zone 1, like 65 of the 150 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.266 g. Before buying, have a surveyor or engineer look at the building and ask for the paperwork on any structural work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On a mountain hillside, landslide hazard is read for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Savuto valley, south of Cosenza.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.266 g.
  • Houses on several levels: understand damp and access.
  • Population down 12.7% since 2011.

Overview

Grimaldi is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,518 residents, ranked 90 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Grimaldi 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 0.266 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Grimaldi, 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 12.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Grimaldi declared an average taxable income of 17,245 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Grimaldi is in climate zone E, with 2,101 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 650 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Grimaldi has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

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 3.2% of the land in Grimaldi, compared with 4.4% 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 open contaminated sites in Grimaldi; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Grimaldi: 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 Grimaldi 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 6 inhabited census areas in Grimaldi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 52 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 42.7%
  • fair 57.3%

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 078059. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.