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Aviano: 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 Trieste 1, Aviano.

Aviano, below Piancavallo, with an air base and a cancer centre

Aviano lies at the foot of the mountains that close off the Friuli plain to the north-west, and its territory rises from farmland up to Piancavallo, the ski resort of the province of Pordenone. Pordenone is about twenty kilometres away.

Two institutions shape the local housing market. The air base, used by the United States Air Force, brings in service personnel and families looking for homes to rent, often detached houses with gardens, so buy-to-let investors face a rather particular kind of demand. The Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, a national cancer treatment and research institute, employs doctors, researchers and healthcare staff.

At the end of 2023 there were 9,008 residents, almost the same as in 2011 (down 0.2%), according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 47.6, slightly above the provincial 46.6; 26.3% of residents are over 65 and 11.6% are foreign nationals. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes should be the first thing you look at. Aviano is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, but expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.244 g, a high value. The foothills of Friuli are among the most earthquake-prone areas of northern Italy, and 13 municipalities in the province are in zone 1, the highest. For houses built before the 1980s, ask whether they have been upgraded and what work was done; for newer ones, ask for the structural design.

The mountain streams are dry for much of the year but can rise quickly in heavy rain, and on the higher slopes ground stability matters. The report checks the official flood and landslide maps at the address and finds the plot on the cadastral maps of the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Foothill town rising from the plain to Piancavallo.
  • US air base and national cancer centre drive rental demand.
  • Seismic zone 2 with high acceleration: about 0.244 g.
  • Population stable since 2011; foreign residents 11.6%.

Overview

Aviano is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 9,008 residents, ranked 12 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Aviano 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 0.244 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Aviano, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 11.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Aviano declared an average taxable income of 23,650 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Aviano is in climate zone E, with 2,417 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 159 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Aviano has 8 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.8 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 8.9% of the land in Aviano, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Aviano 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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Aviano, and 34 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Aviano: 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 Aviano 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 74 inhabited census areas in Aviano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.5%
  • fair 51.0%
  • good 44.5%

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 093004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.