Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria applies the municipal IRPEF surcharge at a single rate of 0.8%, confirmed every year under the 2019 resolution. TARI, IMU and the single property fee are handled by the Comune's Tax Department; bills and appointments go through the portal of the in-house company Hermes Servizi Metropolitani. OMI rents and prices for the central area are in the data.

Public housing is managed by ATERP Calabria, the regional company created in 2013 by merging the provincial ATERPs, which has a Reggio Calabria district. The Università Mediterranea has two residences, on via Manfroce and via Roma, and a housing allowance for eligible out-of-town students left without a place. OMI rents and prices for the central area are in the data.

Change of residence is submitted online through ANPR, as are registry certificates and self-declarations; counter appointments are booked online. School meals and PagoPA bills are handled on the Comune's services portal, where service problems can also be reported. The Pietro De Nava municipal library already existed in 1818.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

ATAM runs the city buses: 66 of its vehicles, about half the fleet, are electric. Lines 27 and 28 run from the Centrale station to "Tito Minniti" airport, about 8 km away, which also has a railway stop. Students and staff of the Mediterranea University ride free on some lines. Blu Jet fast ships go to Messina.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

The city falls under the ASP of Reggio Calabria (via Diana 3); the hospital is the Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, a level II DEA. Out-of-hours posts North and South and in the outer districts; since 28 July 2026 the 116117 number covers non-urgent care. Bookings via the regional number 0961 789789 and the citizen portal.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

According to the Chamber of Commerce report, in 2023 the Reggio Calabria metropolitan area had an unemployment rate of 16.1% and an employment rate (ages 15–64) of 41.3%. Between 2019 and 2023 active businesses grew in construction and in financial, real-estate and professional services; manufacturing and retail declined.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The Mediterranea University grew out of the 1968 architecture institute and has been a state university since 1982/83; it has 28 programmes in 2026/27 in ten areas and a 384,000 m² Cittadella above the port, with engineering and agriculture at Feo di Vito. The Dante Alighieri University for Foreigners offers degrees in social work, psychology and social policy and Italian courses for foreigners.

Five circoscrizioni: Centre, East, North, South and Centre-South. A Magna Graecia colony, today's city is the one rebuilt in Liberty style after 1908. In September the painting of the Madonna della Consolazione is brought down from the Eremo to the Cathedral, where it stays until 26 November.

Reggio was struck by the earthquakes of 1562 and 1783 and nearly destroyed, together with Messina, by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake and tsunami of 28 December 1908, with about 80,000 victims in the area. That disaster gave rise to Italy's seismic classification and the first anti-seismic building rules. Climate data in the block.

The National Archaeological Museum, devoted to Magna Graecia, displays the Riace Bronzes, Greek statues of the fifth century BC found in 1972. The Lungomare Falcomatà faces Sicily and Etna; then the Aragonese Castle, the Eremo of the Consolazione, the village of Pentedattilo and Gambarie, in Aspromonte, with ski lifts.

The Italo Falcomatà seafront, about 1.7 km along the Strait, and the Arena dello Stretto, an open-air theatre for concerts, shows and festivities. Municipal sports facilities are allocated to clubs each season; from 9 to 13 December 2026 the PalaCalafiore hosts the Next Gen ATP Finals tennis tournament for the first time.