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Arba: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. 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 Umberto I 1, Arba.

Arba, the upper Pordenone plain between Maniago and Spilimbergo

Arba lies on the upper plain of western Friuli, where streams coming down from the Carnic Pre-Alps spread out into wide gravel beds. The village sits between Maniago and Spilimbergo, and Pordenone is about half an hour away by car. Around it are fields, vineyards and scattered houses.

The province of Pordenone has 13 municipalities in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 10 in zone 3 of the national classification set by the Civil Protection department. Arba is in zone 2, but with an expected ground acceleration in the village of 0.247 g, a high value. Across Friuli many houses were repaired or rebuilt after the 1976 earthquake: for an older house, ask when, what work was done and what documents exist.

The population is almost stable. There were 1,295 residents in 2023, down 1.1% on 2011; the average age of 46.5 is in line with the province (46.6), and over-65s are 25.6%. Foreign residents make up 10.8%. Declared incomes are lower than the provincial average.

Homes are mostly detached houses with a courtyard and garden, some old Friulian stone houses and detached homes from recent decades. It is climate zone E, with cold winters: in a stone house, insulation and the boiler make a real difference to running costs.

The streams of the upper plain stay dry for much of the year and fill up in heavy rain. The report reads the official flood maps for the address and, using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, identifies the land parcel.

Key points

  • Upper Pordenone plain, between Maniago and Spilimbergo.
  • Seismic zone 2, high expected acceleration: 0.247 g.
  • Population nearly stable since 2011, foreign residents 10.8%.
  • Courtyard houses and newer homes: ask for structural work records.

Overview

Arba is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,295 residents, ranked 39 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arba is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (27 of 50) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.247 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Arba, 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 1.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arba declared an average taxable income of 21,719 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arba is in climate zone E, with 2,736 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 210 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Arba has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 7.4% of the land in Arba, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Arba is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2024. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is high. 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 Arba.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arba: 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 Arba 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 7 inhabited census areas in Arba. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 27.2%
  • good 72.8%

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 093002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.