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Vibo Valentia: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vibo Valentia, 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 Dante 7, Milan.

Vibo Valentia, on the hill above the gulf

Vibo Valentia sits on high ground overlooking the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia, on Calabria's Tyrrhenian side. Its name joins two eras: Greek Hipponion and Roman Valentia. A Norman-Swabian castle crowns the town, and the municipality runs down to the sea at the port of Vibo Marina. The province, created in 1992, also takes in popular seaside resorts such as Tropea and Pizzo.

Anyone buying here should know that the entire province, all 50 of its municipalities, is classified in seismic zone 1, the highest. For Vibo's built-up area the expected ground acceleration is about 0.266 g. This is not a reason for alarm but a prompt for specific questions: the year of construction, the type of structure, any strengthening work, the structural test certificate (collaudo) and, where one exists, the building's seismic risk class.

The population is falling: 31,038 residents in 2023 against 33,357 in 2011, a drop of 7.0%. Vibo accounts for 20.6% of the province's residents. The estimated average age is about 46, 24.5% of residents are over 65 and 4.6% are foreign nationals; households average 2.34 people.

Overture's open map data point to a town well served for education, with 48 sites, and for sport, with 24 facilities, both roughly twice the provincial rate per resident. Green spaces (2) and officially registered pharmacies (11) are scarcer. Cafés and restaurants, at 139, are proportionally fewer than in the rest of the province, which includes the coastal resorts.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps (Agenzia delle Entrate) cover the municipality, so the report identifies the sheet and parcel number from the address. Between the hilltop, its slopes and the coastal strip, landslide and flood risk has to be checked for each individual address.

Key points

  • All 50 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 1; about 0.266 g.
  • 31,038 residents in 2023, down 7.0% since 2011.
  • Education and sport: about twice the provincial rate per resident.
  • Municipality stretching from the hilltop to the port of Vibo Marina.

Overview

Vibo Valentia is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 31,038 residents, ranked 0 of 50 municipalities in the province. 21% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vibo Valentia is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.266 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vibo Valentia, 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Vibo Valentia.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 7.0%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vibo Valentia has 48 schools and 11 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 16 healthcare facilities, 24 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Vibo Valentia: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 102047. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.