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Cividale del Friuli: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Fornalis 1, Cividale del Friuli.

Cividale del Friuli, the Natisone gorge and the Lombard town

The river Natisone runs through a deep gorge right beneath the centre of Cividale, crossed by the Ponte del Diavolo. The town lies east of Udine, at the foot of the hills that rise towards the Natisone valleys and the Slovenian border. The Romans founded it as Forum Iulii, the name that later became Friuli. Its Lombard chapel, the Tempietto longobardo, is part of the Unesco World Heritage site devoted to the Lombards in Italy, and the old town keeps medieval houses, churches and palazzi.

For anyone working in Udine, the easiest link is the Udine-Cividale railway, besides the road across the plain. In the centre most homes for sale are flats in old buildings, some overlooking the gorge, which brings listed-building rules and renovation costs. Outside the walls there are newer residential areas, and on the surrounding hills the vineyards of the Colli Orientali del Friuli.

Cividale has an old population. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,780 residents in 2023, down 5.3% since 2011. The estimated average age is 49.5, above the province (48.5), and over-65s reach 29.2%. Foreign residents make up 7.8% and households are small, 2.07 people on average. Tourism shows in the bars and restaurants: 9.00 per 1,000 residents, against 6.03 in the province.

In Friuli the 1976 earthquake is still well remembered. Cividale is in seismic zone 2, like 70 other municipalities in the province, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is high for that zone, about 0.238 g. For a historic building, ask for records of strengthening work, tie rods and floors; for a block of flats, ask when the structure was designed.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the plot from the address. Along the Natisone and on the edges of the gorge, landslide and flood hazard change a great deal from one spot to the next and are read for each address.

Key points

  • Lombard chapel on the Unesco list, old town above the Natisone gorge.
  • Direct railway line to Udine.
  • Over-65s at 29.2%, average age 49.5.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.238 g.

Overview

Cividale del Friuli is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,780 residents, among the most populous in the province (6 of 134).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cividale del Friuli 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 0.238 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cividale 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cividale del Friuli declared an average taxable income of 25,328 euros, in line with the province (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cividale del Friuli is in climate zone E, with 2,676 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 135 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cividale del Friuli has 14 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 12.2% of the land in Cividale del Friuli, 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

Cividale del Friuli 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 open contaminated sites in Cividale del Friuli; 4 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cividale 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 Cividale 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 127 inhabited census areas in Cividale del Friuli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 9.0%
  • good 72.1%
  • very good 18.9%

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 030026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.