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San Vincenzo La Costa: 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 Vittorio Emanuele Terzo 1, San Vincenzo La Costa.

San Vincenzo La Costa, on the coastal range above Rende

San Vincenzo La Costa lies on the inland side of the Catena Costiera, the range of mountains separating the Crati valley from the Tyrrhenian Sea, and looks down on Rende and Cosenza. The centre is at around 500 metres, with hamlets and scattered houses spread among the woods and farmland on the slope.

Its strength is closeness to the Cosenza and Rende urban area, with the university and services: by car the city is a reasonable drive down. Newer detached houses and low blocks of flats stand next to the old masonry core. Buyers should check the access road and the orientation, which vary a lot on the hillside.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 1,969 residents, down 8.8% from 2,158 in 2011. The average age is 46.1, the same as the provincial 46.1, and foreign residents make up 2.4%. Incomes are below the provincial average.

This is one of the key points: the municipality is in seismic zone 1, the highest hazard class in the Civil Protection scale, with an expected acceleration of 0.255 g, like 64 other municipalities in the province of Cosenza. For a house built before recent seismic codes, have the structure checked by a surveyor and ask for the filed structural design.

On the hillside the report shows the official landslide maps for the address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Coastal range, looking over Rende and Cosenza.
  • Seismic zone 1, the highest class.
  • Expected acceleration 0.255 g in the built-up area.
  • Access and orientation vary a lot on the slope.

Overview

San Vincenzo La Costa is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,969 residents, ranked 74 of 150 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Vincenzo La Costa 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 0.255 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in San Vincenzo La Costa, 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 8.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Vincenzo La Costa declared an average taxable income of 16,445 euros, below the provincial average (18,237 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Vincenzo La Costa is in climate zone D, with 1,785 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 493 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Vincenzo La Costa has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies.

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 4.6% of the land in San Vincenzo La Costa, 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 no contaminated sites in San Vincenzo La Costa.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Vincenzo La Costa: 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 San Vincenzo La Costa 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 18 inhabited census areas in San Vincenzo La Costa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 51 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 39.6%
  • fair 60.4%

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 078135. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.