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Lungro: 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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For example: Via dei Cinquecento 1, Lungro.

Lungro, an Arbëreshë town on the slopes of the Pollino

In Lungro people still speak Arbëreshë, the language of the Albanian communities that settled in southern Italy centuries ago, and the town is the seat of the eparchy, the Byzantine-rite Catholic diocese that brings together the Italo-Albanian parishes of mainland Italy. It stands at around 600 metres on the Calabrian side of the Pollino massif, inside the national park.

The town's past also includes its rock salt mine, closed long ago, which gave work to many families for centuries. Today the houses in the centre are mostly stone and masonry buildings on several floors, along narrow, steep streets, with many properties needing work. Outside the centre there are more recent homes. Declared incomes are in line with the average for the province of Cosenza.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,133 residents in 2023, down 15.3% on 2011. It is an old population: the mean age is 51.0, against 46.1 in the province, and over-65s make up 32.9%. Foreign residents account for 2.3%.

Lungro is in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.252 g. For a stone house in the centre, ask for a check of the load-bearing walls and floors, and make sure any added storeys were authorised.

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

Key points

  • Arbëreshë community, seat of the Byzantine-rite eparchy.
  • Mountain town inside the Pollino National Park.
  • Over-65s at 32.9%, mean age 51.0.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.252 g.

Overview

Lungro is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,133 residents, ranked 69 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lungro is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (85 of 150) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Lungro, 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 15.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lungro declared an average taxable income of 18,139 euros, in line with the province (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lungro is in climate zone D, with 2,010 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 600 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lungro has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 2.4% of the land in Lungro, 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

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Lungro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lungro: 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 Lungro 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 9 inhabited census areas in Lungro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 078069. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.