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Piane Crati: 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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Piane Crati, the Presila above Cosenza

Piane Crati belongs to the Presila of Cosenza, the band of hills and woods rising from Cosenza towards the Sila plateau. The village stands at around six hundred metres, south-east of the provincial capital, and much of its life depends on the city: Cosenza and Rende, home to the university, are close by car.

Average incomes are above the provincial average. Houses follow one another along the roads: village homes in the old core, newer small villas and low-rise blocks, with chestnut woods and vegetable gardens all around. Buyers should tell apart the old houses in the centre, often on several floors with steep stairs, and recent buildings, for which they should ask for the design and the certificate of habitability (agibilità).

There are 1,330 residents (2023), down 5.9% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 46.6 (46.1 in the province), over-65s are 25.0% and foreign residents few, 1.4%.

The province of Cosenza has 65 municipalities in seismic zone 1 and 85 in zone 2. Piane Crati is in zone 1, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.276 g, a high value. Before buying, have an engineer look at the structure and check whether the building met the seismic rules in force when it was built.

On the Presila slopes, the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address, and finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.

Key points

  • Presila village south-east of Cosenza, close to Rende.
  • 1,330 residents, down 5.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.276 g.
  • Average incomes above the provincial average.

Overview

Piane Crati is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,330 residents, ranked 96 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piane Crati 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 0.276 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Piane Crati, 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 5.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piane Crati declared an average taxable income of 20,593 euros, above the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piane Crati is in climate zone D, with 2,008 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 609 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piane Crati has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.8 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 14.5% of the land in Piane Crati, 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

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Piane Crati. 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 Piane Crati: 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 Piane Crati 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 12 inhabited census areas in Piane Crati. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.3%
  • fair 89.7%

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 078097. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.