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Bordano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Roma 1, Bordano.

Bordano, the butterfly village below Monte San Simeone

At the foot of Monte San Simeone, close to the Tagliamento, Bordano is known as the butterfly village: it has a large tropical greenhouse devoted to them, the Casa delle farfalle, and its house walls are decorated with painted butterflies. The municipality also includes Interneppo, the hamlet on the shore of the Lago dei Tre Comuni, also called Lake Cavazzo.

Today's village was largely rebuilt after the 1976 earthquake, and that matters to buyers: many houses have structures designed to seismic criteria, but the design and the final inspection certificate still need checking. Between the mountain slopes, the lake shore and the Tagliamento plain, ground conditions vary a lot: the report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address.

In 2023 there were 698 residents, down 11.5% on 2011. The average age, 48.5, is the same as the province of Udine (48.5), and over-65s make up 26.6% against 27.8%. The data show 4.30 sports facilities per 1,000 residents, against 0.86 in the province. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Bordano is in seismic zone 1, the highest class in the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 18 other municipalities in the province, nearly all in the mountains and foothills; the expected ground acceleration is about 0.258 g. For a house rebuilt in the years after 1976, ask for the reconstruction paperwork; for an older building that survived, get a structural survey.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Bordano's cadastral maps, so the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • The butterfly village, with the hamlet of Interneppo on the lake.
  • Largely rebuilt after 1976: ask for the design and inspection papers.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.258 g.
  • 698 residents, down 11.5% since 2011.

Overview

Bordano is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 698 residents, ranked 112 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bordano is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 19 of 134 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.258 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Bordano, 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 11.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bordano declared an average taxable income of 20,252 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bordano is in climate zone E, with 2,585 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 224 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bordano has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 3.5% of the land in Bordano, compared with 6.8% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bordano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2024. 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 Bordano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bordano: 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 Bordano 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 5 inhabited census areas in Bordano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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

ISTAT code 030012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.