Cimolais: 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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Cimolais, in Valcellina at the gateway to the Friulian Dolomites
In upper Valcellina, more than six hundred metres up, Cimolais is the village from which you enter the Val Cimoliana, inside the Friulian Dolomites nature park. Walkers set off from here for the Campanile di Val Montanaia rock spire and the park's mountain huts. The village is compact, with stone and timber houses, surrounded by woods and mountains. For work, secondary schools and hospitals you go down Valcellina towards Maniago and the Pordenone plain, on a long mountain road.
Buying here means choosing real mountain life. The climate zone is F, winters are long and snowy, and a house should be judged on insulation, roof, heating and access. At the foot of the slopes and along the streams, with their wide gravel beds, the report reads the official landslide and flood maps at the exact address. In a protected area, check permits for extensions and new building in advance.
In 2023 there were 349 residents, 72 fewer than the 421 of 2011, a fall of 17.1% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 51.8 against 46.6 in the province of Pordenone, and over-65s make up 36.4%, against 25.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The municipality is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 26 other municipalities in the province, while 13 are in zone 1. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.211 g, a significant value. For a stone house, find out whether strengthening work has been done and ask a surveyor how walls and floors are tied together.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Cimolais's cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel.
Key points
- Upper Valcellina village in the Friulian Dolomites park.
- Long winters: insulation, roof and access in snow.
- Over-65s at 36.4%, against 25.1% in the province.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.211 g.
Overview
Cimolais is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 349 residents, among the smallest in the province (46 of 50).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cimolais 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 0.211 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Cimolais, 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 17.1%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cimolais declared an average taxable income of 21,915 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cimolais is in climate zone F, with 3,639 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 652 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cimolais has 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 parks and green areas.
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 Cimolais, 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
Cimolais 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 no contaminated sites in Cimolais.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cimolais: 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 Cimolais 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 Cimolais. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 64.7%
- good 35.3%
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 093014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.