Explore Simeri Crichi, Catanzaro, Italy, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Simeri Crichi map and move it around to re-centre it, switch between the standard street map and satellite imagery, and use the zoom buttons to go from the whole province down to street-level detail.
This page also offers a second, independent map. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open OpenStreetMap coverage of the whole of Italy, with a labelled UTM grid drawn the way an IGM 1:25 000 sheet draws it, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS reading that reports your position in Gauss-Boaga and UTM as well as latitude and longitude. See How to Use This Map below. Local and world news, and the nearby places worth visiting, are further down the page.
Esplora Simeri Crichi, Catanzaro, con questa carta interattiva: puoi trascinare la mappa per ricentrarla, passare dalla veduta stradale a quella satellitare e usare i pulsanti di zoom per scendere fino al dettaglio delle vie.
La pagina offre anche una seconda carta indipendente. Il pulsante 🔍 Search Maps apre la copertura OpenStreetMap di tutta l'Italia, con la griglia UTM quotata come su una tavoletta IGM 1:25 000, lo strumento per misurare distanze e azimut, e la lettura GPS della posizione in Gauss-Boaga e UTM oltre che in latitudine e longitudine.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Simeri Crichi, Catanzaro, Italy. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch between the street map and aerial photography. Use the + and − buttons to zoom, or hold the Control key while scrolling the mouse wheel. On a touchscreen, pinch with two fingers. Drag the map to pan anywhere in Catanzaro or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill the screen. To go back, press Escape, click ✕ Exit Fullscreen above the map, or on a phone tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
SEARCH MAPS. The green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map opens a second, independent map on OpenStreetMap coverage of the whole country. Its search box finds any Italian comune, frazione, mountain or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Simeri Crichi.
Reading the map like an IGM sheet. Click Grid to lay a labelled UTM grid over the map, quoted along the edges the way a printed IGM 1:25 000 tavoletta quotes it — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so a six-figure reference can be read by eye and distance judged straight off the map. Click Measure and tap two points for the distance between them with the grid, true and magnetic bearings, the last being the one to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position for a single GPS fix. It marks where you are and reports it as Gauss-Boaga (the grid printed on the IGM Carta d'Italia), as ETRS89 / UTM (the grid Italy uses today), and as plain latitude and longitude, with a copy button so it can be pasted into a message. It takes one reading and stops, to save the battery. Map tiles need mobile coverage; a GPS reading does not — so the grid reference stays correct in the Apennines and the Alps, where the map itself often will not load.
Usa i pulsanti Map e Satellite per passare dalla carta stradale alla fotografia aerea, i pulsanti + e − per lo zoom, e trascina la mappa per spostarti. Il pulsante 🔍 Search Maps apre una seconda carta su OpenStreetMap con la ricerca di qualsiasi comune, frazione o cima d'Italia, la griglia UTM quotata come su una tavoletta IGM 1:25 000, la misura di distanze e azimut (di griglia, vero e magnetico) e la lettura GPS della posizione in Gauss-Boaga, in ETRS89/UTM e in coordinate geografiche. Le tessere della mappa richiedono la rete mobile, la lettura GPS no: il riferimento resta valido anche dove la carta non si carica.
| Comune | Simeri Crichi |
| Province / Provincia | Catanzaro |
| Region / Regione | Calabria |
| Country / Paese | Italy / Italia |
| Latitude | 38.954484 |
| Longitude | 16.642933 |
| Population 2021 | 4,748 |
| Altitude | 465 m |
| River or stream / Fiume o torrente | Fiume Corace (8.3 km west) |
| Reservoir / Lago artificiale | Lago Passante (19.4 km north-west) |
| Nearest summit / Vetta più vicina | Colle Petrosa (0.8 km south); Timpone Pergolacci (1.7 km north-west) |
| Pass / Passo | Passo del Carro (16.9 km west) |
| Valley / Valle | Contrada Conticello (4.6 km south-east) |
| Park / Parco | Parco della Biodiversità Mediterranea (6.6 km south-west) |
| Protected area / Area protetta | Riserva Naturale Poverella Villaggio Mancuso (10.9 km north) |
Simeri Crichi rises as a hilltop comune in the province of Catanzaro, where the air feels thin and sharp against the skin of the high ridges. The landscape is defined by the steady presence of the Fiume Simeri, which carves its path through the earth, while the rugged silhouette of Colle Petrosa dominates the local horizon. To the north, the distant sprawl of the Sila mountains provides a cool, forested backdrop that contrasts with the arid, shifting light of the valleys below. It is a place shaped by the slow, deliberate movement of wind across the slopes, where the silence of the hills is broken only by the sound of the stream rushing through the rocky terrain.
Life in the comune centres on the quiet rhythm of the localita, such as Crichi and Simeri, where the morning sun reveals the textures of the stone and soil. Visitors drawn to the nearby provincial capital find the Parco della Biodiversità, a vast green lung where the local flora thrives in well-tended gardens. A short journey away, the Museo storico militare Brigata Catanzaro preserves the weight of history within its walls, while the Teatro Politeama serves as a focus for the cultural life of the region. Those seeking further artistic reflection often turn to the Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro, which houses works that mirror the vibrant, often stark character of this Calabrian landscape.
Simeri Crichi si erge come un comune collinare in provincia di Catanzaro, dove l'aria si fa sottile e pungente lungo i crinali. Il paesaggio è segnato dallo scorrere del Fiume Simeri che solca la terra, mentre il profilo austero del Colle Petrosa domina l'orizzonte locale. Verso nord, la sagoma lontana delle montagne della Sila offre uno sfondo boscoso che contrasta con la luce secca e mutevole delle valli sottostanti. È un territorio plasmato dal movimento lento del vento sui versanti, dove il silenzio delle alture è interrotto solo dal respiro dei corsi d'acqua che scorrono tra le rocce.
La vita nel comune si intreccia tra le frazioni di Crichi e Simeri, dove il sole del mattino rivela la grana della pietra e la nuda sostanza del suolo. Chi si sposta verso il capoluogo trova il Parco della Biodiversità, un ampio polmone verde dove la flora locale cresce in giardini curati. Poco lontano, il Museo storico militare Brigata Catanzaro custodisce la memoria di vicende passate, mentre il Teatro Politeama diviene punto di riferimento per l'attività culturale della zona. Per chi cerca un momento di riflessione artistica, il Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro espone opere che rispecchiano il carattere vivido e talvolta aspro di questo lembo di Calabria.
Distances are straight-line from the map centre. / Distanze in linea d'aria. Linked names open Wikipedia.
| Comune | Distance | Direction | Population |
| Sellia | 3.2 km | north | 494 |
| Soveria Simeri | 3.3 km | east | 1,461 |
| Zagarise | 5.4 km | north | 1,475 |
| Pentone | 6.3 km | north-west | 1,934 |
| Magisano | 6.7 km | north | 1,111 |
| Fossato Serralta | 7.1 km | north-west | 574 |
| Albi | 8.7 km | north-west | 830 |
| Taverna | 9.3 km | north-west | 2,529 |
Explore Simeri Crichi, Catanzaro, Italy, with an embedded Google street and satellite map — switch between the two with the buttons on the map. Coordinates: 38.954484, 16.642933. Place names, the comune and provincia hierarchy and the population come from Istat: the administrative boundaries of 1 January 2026 and the 2021 census of inhabited localities. Local and world news feeds keep the page current, and the bilingual description is written from the data this site holds rather than copied from elsewhere. The 30 nearby places listed above are drawn from OpenStreetMap, the IGM toponym database and a curated list checked against Wikipedia.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Italian comune, frazione, mountain or landmark by name; overlays a labelled UTM grid quoted the way a printed IGM 1:25 000 tavoletta quotes it; measures distance with grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a Gauss-Boaga reference, as ETRS89 / UTM, and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference stays correct where the map cannot load.
There is no topographic layer on these pages. The Istituto Geografico Militare serves its Carta d'Italia only inside the EU, so an Italian equivalent of the 1:25 000 walking sheet cannot be shown here — the UTM grid over OpenStreetMap is what stands in its place.
Carta interattiva di Simeri Crichi, Catanzaro, con veduta stradale e satellitare. Toponimi, gerarchia comune/provincia e popolazione provengono dall'Istat: confini amministrativi al 1° gennaio 2026 e censimento 2021 delle località abitate. Il pulsante Search Maps apre una seconda carta su OpenStreetMap con ricerca per nome, griglia UTM quotata come su una tavoletta IGM 1:25 000, misura di distanze e azimut, e lettura GPS in Gauss-Boaga, ETRS89/UTM e coordinate geografiche. Non è presente un livello topografico: l'IGM distribuisce la Carta d'Italia solo all'interno dell'Unione Europea.
| Page built | October 2026 |
| Place data | Istat confini amministrativi and basi territoriali (località abitate, censimento 2021) © Istat (2026) CC BY 4.0. Data modified / Dati modificati: coordinates converted from UTM zone 32N to WGS84; page addresses use unaccented names; officially bilingual names are split into their Italian and minority-language forms. |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Carta IGM © Istituto Geografico Militare (2026) CC BY 4.0; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Nearby places | © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); landmarks, heritage, protected areas and landscape from IGM DBTI (CC BY 4.0); curated landmark lists verified against Wikipedia |