Barcis: 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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Barcis, the lakeside village of the Valcellina
The reservoir that takes its name from the village, created by a dam on the Cellina stream, is the first thing you see as you reach Barcis. The village sits on its shore at about four hundred metres, surrounded by the mountains of the Valcellina in the upper part of the province of Pordenone, in Friuli. For services, secondary schools and work, people head down to the plain, with Maniago and Pordenone as the main towns.
In summer the lake brings visitors, and the figures reflect it: there are 48.46 places to eat and drink per 1,000 residents, against 4.39 on average in the province. For buyers this means a mixed market of residents' homes and holiday homes. The checks are the usual mountain ones: roofs and walls, insulation, heating (this is climate zone F) and winter access. For a property near the shore or the stream, look at the official flood maps, which the report checks for the address along with the landslide maps.
According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there are 227 residents (2023), against 261 in 2011, a fall of 13.0%. The population is old, with an estimated average age of 55.8 against 46.6 in the province and over-65s at 40.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Earthquakes are the point not to underestimate. Barcis is in seismic zone 1 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 13 of the 50 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.252 g in the built-up area. Before buying, find out when the building was put up, whether it has been strengthened and what paperwork shows it, ideally with a check by a structural engineer. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here and the report traces the land parcel.
Key points
- Village on the shore of Lake Barcis, in the Valcellina.
- 227 residents in 2023, down 13.0% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 40.1%; average age 55.8.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.252 g.
Overview
Barcis is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 227 residents, among the smallest in the province (50 of 50).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barcis is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 50 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Barcis, 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 13.0%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (47). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barcis declared an average taxable income of 19,654 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Barcis is in climate zone F, with 3,148 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 409 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barcis has 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 0.6% of the land in Barcis, 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
Barcis 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 medium. 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 Barcis.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Barcis: 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 Barcis 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 14 inhabited census areas in Barcis. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 4.0%
- fair 96.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2024.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 093006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.