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Gaiarine: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Treviso, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via per Sacile 1, Gaiarine.

Gaiarine, Treviso plain on the border with Friuli

In the north-eastern corner of the province of Treviso, where the Veneto plain meets the Pordenone area of Friuli, Gaiarine brings together its main village and the hamlets of Francenigo and Albina. It is a landscape of arable fields and vineyards with small industrial areas, halfway between Oderzo and Sacile, with Conegliano not far off.

The area belongs to the furniture-making district that stretches towards Brugnera and Sacile, and many wood and furniture firms provide jobs within a few kilometres. The housing on offer is mainly detached and semi-detached houses with gardens, often from the 1970s and 1980s, and some rural buildings. With no railway in the municipality, you need a car for almost everything. Average incomes are slightly below the provincial figure.

The striking figure is age. According to Istat, the national statistics office, over-65s make up 28.1%, against 23.8% in the province, and the average age is 47.9 against 46.0. There were 5,910 residents in 2023, down 3.7% since 2011, and foreign residents account for 11.4%. For buyers this often means family homes in need of modernisation.

Earthquakes need to be taken seriously in this part of the province. Gaiarine is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, with 71 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.194 g. For a house forty or more years old, ask for the design and any inspection certificate, and discuss with a surveyor or engineer whether seismic upgrading is worth doing alongside energy improvements.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the land parcel from the address. On a plain of ditches, canals and small watercourses, flood hazard changes from one field to the next and is checked for the individual address.

Key points

  • Plain on the border with the Pordenone area, between Oderzo and Sacile.
  • Over-65s at 28.1%, against 23.8% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.194 g.
  • Detached houses from the 1970s and 1980s, often needing updating.

Overview

Gaiarine is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,910 residents, ranked 57 of 94 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gaiarine is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (72 of 94) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.194 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Gaiarine, 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gaiarine declared an average taxable income of 24,540 euros, below the provincial average (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gaiarine is in climate zone E, with 2,451 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 20 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gaiarine has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 15.4% of the land in Gaiarine, compared with 16.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Gaiarine is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Gaiarine; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gaiarine: 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 Gaiarine 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 88 inhabited census areas in Gaiarine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.6%
  • fair 60.6%
  • good 38.8%

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 026031. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.