All things you need to know about living in Joppolo
Joppolo, in the province of Vibo Valentia, is home to 27 Argentinians: 1.58% of its 1,705 residents.
That is the 14th-highest concentration of Argentinians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Calabria it ranks 6th.
ISTAT counts 175 residents with a foreign citizenship in Joppolo, 10.26% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (27), Germans (10), Austrians (4).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
Joppolo qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Vibo Valentia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for burglaries reported.
It scores in the bottom quarter for medical specialists and hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.2°C (81°F) and winters a low of 8.8°C (48°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Joppolo sees about 7 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 948mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 122 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Joppolo population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 65 | 3.81% |
| Argentina | 27 | 1.58% |
| Germany | 10 | 0.59% |
| Ukraine | 8 | 0.47% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.23% |
| Sweden | 4 | 0.23% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.18% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.18% |
| Poland | 3 | 0.18% |
| France | 2 | 0.12% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0.12% |
| United States | 2 | 0.12% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.06% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,459 | 85.57% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 86 | 5.04% |
| Born outside the EU | 160 | 9.38% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Vibo Valentia
Full BES profile for Vibo Valentia →Vibo Valentia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Joppolo qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Seismic zone
Joppolo is in seismic zone 1. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 1 as the highest-hazard zone, where strong earthquakes are likely over the long run.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: P.O. Tropea, about 22.2 km / 23 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P.O. Tropea (Pronto Soccorso), about 22.2 km / 23 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): P.O. 'S. Maria Degli Ungheresi', Polistena (DEA level I), about 31.5 km / 31 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), about 86.9 km / 58 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 7.4 km / 9 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Rodolico Dott.ssa Giovanna, about 4.5 km / 5 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Joppolo, about 1.9 km / 3 minutes by road from Joppolo (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Joppolo, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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