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Mormanno: 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: Corso Municipale 1, Mormanno.

Mormanno, a Pollino town on the A2 motorway

Mormanno is a mountain town in the Pollino range, in the far north of Calabria, not far from the boundary with Basilicata. The centre is at around 850 metres, built in terraces on a slope inside the Pollino National Park. The A2 motorway passes close by, with its own exit, which makes journeys south to Cosenza and north towards Campania relatively easy.

The land is woods, pasture and farmland, including the fields of the Mormanno lentil, a local speciality. The historic centre has stone houses packed together, lanes and flights of steps, many of them lived in for only part of the year. Prices are low, but winters are cold and snowy (climate zone E), and in a house left empty for a while you should expect work on the roof, insulation and heating.

The population is 2,573 (2023 figure from Istat, the national statistics office), down sharply by 21.2% since 2011. Over-65s make up 32.4%, against 24.4% across the province, and the average age is 50.9. Foreign residents account for 2.7%. Average incomes are slightly above the provincial figure.

Mormanno is in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.251 g, a high value. For a stone house in the centre, find out whether strengthening work has been done, and look into the Italian tax incentives for seismic upgrades with a surveyor.

On a mountain slope, gradient and drainage matter. For each address the report gives elevation, gradient and the official landslide and flood maps, and measures distances to services.

Key points

  • Pollino mountain town, around 850 metres.
  • A2 motorway exit close to the town.
  • Population down 21.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.251 g.

Overview

Mormanno is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,573 residents, ranked 59 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mormanno 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 0.251 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Mormanno, 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 21.2%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mormanno declared an average taxable income of 19,040 euros, in line with the province (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mormanno is in climate zone E, with 2,477 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 840 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mormanno has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

There are 1.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 3.2% of the land in Mormanno, 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 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Mormanno. 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 Mormanno: 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 Mormanno 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 26 inhabited census areas in Mormanno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.4%
  • fair 81.6%
  • good 14.0%

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 078084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.