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Miglierina: 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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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 Pitagora 1, Miglierina.

Miglierina, hills and woods inland from Catanzaro

Inland from Catanzaro, on a rise at around 500 metres among woods and fields, Miglierina is a small hill municipality from which the provincial capital is a drive away. The landscape is that of central Calabria, where the region narrows between the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian seas.

For buyers, the road and the ground matter most. Homes are mostly village houses on two or three floors, some built or extended after the Second World War, with few apartment blocks. If you work or study in Catanzaro, try the journey in person at rush hour. On slopes and embankments the report measures the gradient and reads the official landslide hazard maps, address by address.

The population figures have a twist: Miglierina is losing residents, 699 in 2023, down 12.5% since 2011, yet it is slightly younger than the province, with an average age of 45.1 against 46.1 and over-65s at 25.2%. Foreign residents make up 6.4%. The data show 4.29 school sites per 1,000 residents, against 1.33 in the province. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Seismic hazard is high, as in much of Calabria. Miglierina is in zone 1 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification together with 44 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.270 g. Before buying, find out the year of construction, whether storeys have been added and whether a structural design was filed: an engineer's check costs little compared with the price of the property.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Miglierina's cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel and building from the address.

Key points

  • Hill municipality inland from Catanzaro, at around 500 metres.
  • 699 residents, down 12.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.1, against 46.1 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.270 g.

Overview

Miglierina is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 699 residents, ranked 69 of 80 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Miglierina 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 0.270 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Miglierina, 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Miglierina declared an average taxable income of 16,008 euros, below the provincial average (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Miglierina is in climate zone D, with 1,799 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 500 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Miglierina has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 2.5% of the land in Miglierina, 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

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Miglierina; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Miglierina: 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 Miglierina 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 7 inhabited census areas in Miglierina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 079077. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.