Montebello Jonico: what to know before buying a home

Overview

Montebello Jonico is a municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,575 residents, ranked 20 of 97 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montebello Jonico is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 97 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.247 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montebello Jonico, 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.

• Seismic zones 1, 2, 3 and 4: what they mean for buyers
• What is PGA

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Montebello Jonico.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

• Flood-prone areas P1, P2 and P3: what they mean
• ISPRA IdroGEO

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

• How we read local prices

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 10.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

• Census section

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montebello Jonico has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

• Where the services data comes from

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

• Which timetables we use

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Montebello Jonico: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

• Sheet and parcel

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 2026-08-19.0.
• List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.

ISTAT code 080053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.