Castelnovo del Friuli: 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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Castelnovo del Friuli, scattered hamlets in the Pordenone hills
Castelnovo del Friuli has no single centre: the municipality is made up of many small hamlets (borgate) scattered across the hills of the province of Pordenone, at the foot of the Pre-Alps, among meadows, woods and vineyards. Each hamlet has only a few houses, often stone-built, and the roads linking them wind up and down the slopes. For work, secondary schools and services, people go down to Spilimbergo and the towns on the plain.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 827 residents at the end of 2023, down 9.4% on 2011. The average age is 50.4, against 46.6 for the province, and over-65s are 30.6%. Foreign residents make up 9.1% and declared average income is below the provincial figure.
Earthquakes come first. Castelnovo del Friuli is in seismic zone 1, the highest in the Civil Protection classification, together with 12 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.250 g. The area was hit in 1976 and many houses were rebuilt or strengthened in the following years: for each property, find out when and how, with plans and structural sign-offs, and have an engineer see it before making an offer.
Buyers should also weigh the access road, the distance to services and how much sun reaches the hamlets tucked between slopes. The climate zone is E.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On hills cut by streams, landslides and floods are checked on the official maps for the plot.
Key points
- Many hamlets scattered over the hills below the Pre-Alps.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.250 g.
- Population down 9.4% since 2011.
- Houses rebuilt after 1976: ask for plans and sign-offs.
Overview
Castelnovo del Friuli is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 827 residents, ranked 41 of 50 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castelnovo del Friuli 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 0.250 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Castelnovo del Friuli, 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 9.4%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castelnovo del Friuli declared an average taxable income of 20,465 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Castelnovo del Friuli is in climate zone E, with 2,818 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 234 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castelnovo del Friuli 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 3.5% of the land in Castelnovo del Friuli, 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
Castelnovo del Friuli is not among the radon priority areas designated 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 Castelnovo del Friuli.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castelnovo del Friuli: 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 Castelnovo del Friuli 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 34 inhabited census areas in Castelnovo del Friuli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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
- 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 093011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.