Mottafollone: 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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Mottafollone, a village in the Esaro valley
From the hills overlooking the Esaro valley in northern Calabria, Mottafollone looks out over a plain of olive groves and farmland. It is a small farming centre in the province of Cosenza, with a compact village and many houses scattered across the surrounding countryside.
Daily life depends on the car: for the hospital, secondary schools and public offices people go to the bigger towns in the valley or to Cosenza. Much of the housing consists of village houses built by their owners over the decades and often extended in stages. Buyers should check that every floor is properly authorised and registered. The climate zone is D and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The population decline is marked: 1,073 residents in 2023, down 15.8% on 2011, or 201 people, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.5 against 46.1 in the province, and over-65s are 30.2%, compared with 24.4% provincially. Foreign nationals make up 3.4%.
The province of Cosenza has 65 municipalities in seismic zone 1 and 85 in zone 2. Mottafollone is in zone 2, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area, 0.237 g, is still significant. For a house extended over time, you need to know whether the added parts were designed and signed off by an engineer: it is the first question to put to the seller.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report finds the plot from the address. For houses on the slopes and land near the streams running down to the Esaro, landslides and flooding are checked on the official maps spot by spot.
Key points
- Farming village overlooking the Esaro valley.
- Residents down 15.8% since 2011, over-65s at 30.2%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.237 g.
- Houses extended over the years: check plans and sign-off.
Overview
Mottafollone is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,073 residents, ranked 115 of 150 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mottafollone 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 0.237 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Mottafollone, 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 15.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mottafollone declared an average taxable income of 16,546 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Mottafollone is in climate zone D, with 1,616 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 384 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mottafollone has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 2.2% of the land in Mottafollone, 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 contaminated sites in Mottafollone.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mottafollone: 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 Mottafollone 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 Mottafollone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 4.2%
- fair 95.8%
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
- 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 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 078085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.