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Cordenons: 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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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 Sclavons 1, Cordenons.

Cordenons, where Pordenone carries on towards the magredi

Between Pordenone and Cordenons the houses never stop: driving in, you pass from one town to the other almost without noticing. Cordenons borders the provincial capital to the north-east and shares its schools, jobs and services, but it has a large territory of its own, stretching across the western Friulian plain to the magredi, open expanses of gravel and dry grassland along the beds of the Cellina and Meduna rivers.

It is a town of families and short commutes, with neighbourhoods of detached and semi-detached houses, a few blocks of flats in the centre and farmland on the edges. The Pordenone industrial area is a few minutes away. There is no railway station in the municipality, but Pordenone's is close. In the lower-lying parts, where the water table is near the surface, ask whether a house with a cellar or basement room has ever taken in water.

In 2023 there were 17,818 residents, down 2.1% on 2011, or 385 fewer. Cordenons is one of the most populous municipalities in the province, with an estimated average age of 47.7, above the provincial 46.6; over-65s make up 26.5% and foreign residents 7.0%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Friuli remembers the 1976 earthquake, and seismic risk matters here. Under the zones set by Italy's Civil Protection Department, the province of Pordenone has 13 municipalities in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 10 in zone 3. Cordenons is in zone 2, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area, about 0.199 g, is high for a plain. For a building put up before recent seismic standards, ask the seller for the structural design, the sign-off inspection and any strengthening work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the plot from the street number. Near watercourses and where the water table is high, flood hazard is checked for the address, not as an average for the town.

Key points

  • Joined to Pordenone, with land reaching out to the magredi.
  • 17,818 residents, average age 47.7.
  • Seismic zone 2 with high expected acceleration, about 0.199 g.
  • High water table in places: watch out for cellars and basements.

Overview

Cordenons is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 17,818 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cordenons 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 0.199 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cordenons, 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 2.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cordenons declared an average taxable income of 26,873 euros, above the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cordenons is in climate zone E, with 2,496 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 44 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cordenons has 7 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 12.4% of the land in Cordenons, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cordenons 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 open contaminated sites in Cordenons; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cordenons: 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 Cordenons 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 61 inhabited census areas in Cordenons. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 12.7%
  • good 73.8%
  • very good 13.5%

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 093017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.