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Cercivento: 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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Cercivento, a mountain village in Carnia

Cercivento is a municipality in Carnia, the mountainous part of the province of Udine in Friuli, in the valley of the But torrent, which climbs towards the Austrian border. The village is at around 600 metres, with its houses gathered in a few clusters and meadows and woods rising up the slopes. The climate zone is F: long winters, snow and heating on for many months of the year.

For work and services residents drive down to Tolmezzo, the main town of Carnia, and on to Udine. There is little in the village itself, so buyers should expect to use the car for almost everything. Traditional stone houses, with timber balconies and large attics, lend themselves to rewarding renovations, but insulation, roof and heating make the difference to costs.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 640 residents, down 8.0% on 2011. The average age is 49.6 against 48.5 in the province, over-65s make up 30.5% and households have 2.15 people on average. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Earthquakes are a real consideration here too. Cercivento is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 70 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.176 g. For an older house, ask for the paperwork on any rebuilding or strengthening and the date of the last structural work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for the municipality. Near the But and the streams coming down the slopes, the report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Carnia village in the But valley, towards Austria.
  • 640 residents, down 8.0% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 30.5%, average age 49.6.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.176 g.

Overview

Cercivento is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 640 residents, ranked 115 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cercivento is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (71 of 134) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.176 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cercivento, 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 8.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cercivento declared an average taxable income of 21,717 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cercivento is in climate zone F, with 3,548 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 607 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cercivento 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 0.6 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 3.4% of the land in Cercivento, 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

Cercivento 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 Cercivento.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cercivento: 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 Cercivento 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 9 inhabited census areas in Cercivento. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.2%
  • fair 98.8%

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 030022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.