Forgaria nel 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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Forgaria nel Friuli, the Tagliamento, Cornino and Monte Prat
Forgaria nel Friuli stretches from the right bank of the river Tagliamento up to the first mountains of the Pre-Alps. Below lies Lake Cornino, a small lake inside a nature reserve known for its griffon vultures; above is the Monte Prat plateau, with meadows and houses used mainly in summer. The village and its hamlets sit in between, on terraces and slopes looking over the plain.
This is car country: Udine, Gemona and the towns of the Friulian hills are within reasonable reach. Many houses were rebuilt after the 1976 earthquake using more modern methods than the buildings left standing, so for any property ask for the year of construction or rebuilding and the planning paperwork.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,689 residents in 2023, down 7.5% from 1,826 in 2011. The average age is 50.6, against 48.5 in the province of Udine, with over-65s at 31.7% and foreign residents at 4.1%. Households have 2.04 people on average and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Forgaria is in seismic zone 1, the highest in the Civil Protection classification, along with 18 other municipalities in the province. The expected ground acceleration is 0.255 g, the figure buyers should keep most in mind, and a structural check by an engineer is money well spent. The report also checks the official landslide and flood maps, between the slopes and the river, and finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
Key points
- Between the Tagliamento, Lake Cornino and Monte Prat.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.255 g.
- For any house: ask for the building year and permits.
- Population down 7.5% since 2011.
Overview
Forgaria nel Friuli is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,689 residents, ranked 83 of 134 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Forgaria nel Friuli is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 19 of 134 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.255 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Forgaria nel 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 7.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Forgaria nel Friuli declared an average taxable income of 21,667 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Forgaria nel Friuli is in climate zone E, with 2,613 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 270 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Forgaria nel Friuli has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.
The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 5.7% of the land in Forgaria nel 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
Forgaria nel Friuli 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 Forgaria nel Friuli.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Forgaria nel 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 Forgaria nel 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 20 inhabited census areas in Forgaria nel Friuli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 030137. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.