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Paterno Calabro: 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: Via Cesare Battisti 1, Paterno Calabro.

Paterno Calabro, the convent of St Francis of Paola

St Francis of Paola founded one of his first convents in Paterno Calabro, and the sanctuary dedicated to him still draws pilgrims. Paterno lies in the hills south of Cosenza, at around seven hundred metres, in an area of chestnuts, oaks and streams.

Cosenza is the reference for work, the hospital and schools, and is reached by car on hill roads. The village has few businesses and only basic services; houses are mostly masonry village homes, with newer buildings on the edge of the centre. Anyone buying to live here all year should consider cool winters (climate zone E) and steep streets.

Paterno Calabro has 1,329 residents (2023), 2.7% fewer than in 2011, a modest fall according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 45.3, a little below the provincial average (46.1), over-65s are 23.8% and foreign residents 3.6%. Average incomes are below the province's.

The municipality is in seismic zone 1, like 64 other municipalities in the province of Cosenza, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.273 g. For an old house, the first cost to plan for is a structural survey; for building work, there are incentives for seismic improvement to discuss with a professional.

For the address, the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps and flood maps along the streams, and finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.

Key points

  • Hill village south of Cosenza, with the sanctuary of St Francis.
  • 1,329 residents, down 2.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.273 g.
  • Old houses: start with a structural survey.

Overview

Paterno Calabro is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,329 residents, ranked 97 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Paterno Calabro is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 65 of 150 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.273 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Paterno Calabro, 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Paterno Calabro declared an average taxable income of 15,648 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Paterno Calabro is in climate zone E, with 2,151 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 680 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Paterno Calabro has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

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 3.1% of the land in Paterno Calabro, 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 Paterno Calabro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Paterno Calabro: 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 Paterno Calabro 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 21 inhabited census areas in Paterno Calabro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 52 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.7%
  • fair 94.3%

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 078094. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.