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Maierà: 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: Contrada Arieste 1, Maierà.

Maierà, a hill village behind Diamante

Maierà looks down on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a hill village on the Cosenza coast, on the high ground behind Diamante, with its old core on high ground and olive groves, vegetable plots and scrub on the slopes around it. In summer the coast fills with visitors, while the village keeps an inland pace.

Buyers face two questions: where, and for how much of the year. Houses in the old centre are often family homes on several levels, with stairs and narrow access, suited to anyone wanting a base close to the sea but away from summer traffic. Lower down there are small villas and scattered houses with land. For each address the report measures the gradient, the distance to services and the official landslide maps, which always deserve a look on hillsides.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,123 residents in 2023, down 8.8% on 2011. The estimated average age is 48.3, above the provincial 46.1, and over-65s make up 27.5%. Foreign residents account for 2.2%. Declared incomes are well below the average for the province of Cosenza.

Earthquake hazard should be taken seriously. The Civil Protection Department places Maierà in zone 2, like 85 of the 150 municipalities in the province, while the other 65 are in zone 1; expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.141 g. For a masonry house in the village, get an engineer to assess the walls, floors and roof, and check whether any strengthening work has been done.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, so the report finds the plot from the address. The climate is zone D, with mild winters.

Key points

  • Hill village on the Cosenza coast, behind Diamante.
  • Population down 8.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.141 g.
  • Hillsides: gradient and landslides checked for the address.

Overview

Maierà is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,123 residents, ranked 106 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maierà 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 0.141 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Maierà, 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 8.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% 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 Maierà declared an average taxable income of 13,915 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Maierà is in climate zone D, with 1,527 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 360 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maierà has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

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 2.7% of the land in Maierà, 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 Maierà; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maierà: 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 Maierà 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 15 inhabited census areas in Maierà. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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 078071. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.