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Frisanco: 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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Frisanco, the Val Colvera and the village of Poffabro

Poffabro, a hamlet of Frisanco, is on the list of the Borghi più belli d'Italia, the association of Italy's most attractive small villages, thanks to its stone houses with wooden balconies packed against one another. The municipality covers the Val Colvera, a side valley rising from the Pordenone plain towards the Friulian Dolomites, and part of its territory lies inside the Dolomiti Friulane Nature Park.

For buyers the valley offers two things: historic hamlets with houses to restore, often with rules on their outward appearance, and a location not far from the plain. Maniago, with shops, schools and services, is reached by driving down the valley, and from there the road network leads to Pordenone. Winters are cold (climate zone F, the coldest band), and in old houses insulation and heating should be part of the first estimate.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 593 residents in 2023, 8.1% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 51.2, against 46.6 in the province of Pordenone, and over-65s make up 30.4% of residents against 25.1%. Foreign nationals account for 7.1%.

Frisanco is in seismic zone 1, the highest hazard class, like 12 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of around 0.254 g. For a stone house in a hamlet, checking the structure is the most important step: ask for plans and details of work done over the years, and have the connections between walls and floors inspected.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. Along the Colvera stream and on the valley slopes, landslides and floods are checked on the official maps at the exact location of the house.

Key points

  • Val Colvera, home to the village of Poffabro.
  • Partly inside the Dolomiti Friulane Nature Park.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration around 0.254 g.
  • Over-65s at 30.4%, against 25.1% in the province.

Overview

Frisanco is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 593 residents, ranked 43 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Frisanco is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 50 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.254 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Frisanco, 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 8.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Frisanco declared an average taxable income of 23,482 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Frisanco is in climate zone F, with 3,235 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 500 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Frisanco has 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

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 1.3% of the land in Frisanco, 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

Frisanco 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 Frisanco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Frisanco: 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 Frisanco 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 17 inhabited census areas in Frisanco. 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

ISTAT code 093024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.