Lamezia Terme: 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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Lamezia Terme, the airport and Calabria's transport hub
Lamezia Terme was created by law in 1968, when the municipalities of Nicastro, Sambiase and Sant'Eufemia Lamezia were merged, and the three parts still have distinct characters. Nicastro, on the first hills, is the historic and administrative centre; Sambiase is more agricultural and has the Caronte thermal baths; Sant'Eufemia lies on the plain towards the sea, next to the airport and the main station.
Its position makes it the transport hub of central Calabria. It has the region's busiest airport, high-speed trains on the Tyrrhenian line stop here, the branch line to Catanzaro starts here, and the A2 motorway crosses the plain. Anyone working in Catanzaro or travelling often will find it a convenient base.
The property market also changes from one part to another: palazzi and old houses in Nicastro, newer homes and scattered houses on the plain, villas towards the coast. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 67,246 residents in 2023, down 4.4% on 2011, and the town holds 19.7% of the population of the province of Catanzaro. It is younger than the provincial average, with an average age of 44.4 against 46.1; foreign residents make up 7.9%.
Earthquakes are the point not to underestimate. Lamezia is in seismic zone 1, the highest class in Italy, like 44 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.273 g. Calabria has had destructive earthquakes in its history, so before buying have a structural engineer inspect the building, ask for the design date and check whether it has been upgraded or strengthened.
On the plain, near the river Amato and the other streams running to the sea, flood hazard needs checking too; in the hills behind Nicastro, landslide hazard.
Key points
- Three towns in one: Nicastro, Sambiase and Sant'Eufemia.
- Airport, high-speed rail and the A2: central Calabria's hub.
- 67,246 residents, average age 44.4.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.273 g.
Overview
Lamezia Terme is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 67,246 residents, the second most populous in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lamezia Terme 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 0.273 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Lamezia Terme, 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 4.4%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lamezia Terme declared an average taxable income of 19,968 euros, in line with the province (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Lamezia Terme is in climate zone C, with 1,199 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 216 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lamezia Terme has 66 schools and 21 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 39 grocery shops and supermarkets, 51 healthcare facilities, 62 sports facilities and 12 parks and green areas.
There are 0.3 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).
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 14.8% of the land in Lamezia Terme, compared with 6.6% 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 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Lamezia Terme, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Lamezia Terme: 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 Lamezia Terme 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 220 inhabited census areas in Lamezia Terme. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 4.2%
- fair 95.8%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 079160. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.