Marano Lagunare: 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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Marano Lagunare, a fishing harbour on the lagoon
Marano Lagunare lives off its lagoon. The village sits on the shore of the Marano lagoon, between Lignano and Grado, with its fishing harbour, canals and moored boats a few steps from the square. Around it are fish farming ponds, reed beds and protected areas, while inland the cultivated Friulian plain opens up. Udine and the motorway are reached by car across the lowlands.
The historic centre is compact, with low, colourful houses pressed together; outside the old core there are detached homes and newer flats. The ground here is practically at sea level, and the main issue for buyers is water: high tides, heavy rain and a water table close to the surface. The report checks the official flood maps for the exact address, and it is worth asking the seller whether the cellar or ground floor has had problems in the past.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,689 residents in 2023, down 14.0% from 1,963 in 2011. The average age is 51.3, above 48.5 for the province of Udine, and over-65s are 32.4%. Households are small at 2.00 people on average, and foreign residents are 3.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
For earthquakes, Marano is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, like 43 other municipalities in the province, while 19 are in zone 1. The expected ground acceleration is 0.094 g. In houses near the water, the foundations and rising damp in the walls matter most. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the parcel.
Key points
- Fishing village on the lagoon, between Lignano and Grado.
- Ground at sea level: check the flood maps.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.094 g.
- Population down 14.0% since 2011, over-65s at 32.4%.
Overview
Marano Lagunare is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,689 residents, ranked 82 of 134 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marano Lagunare is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 44 of 134 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.094 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 14.0%. 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 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marano Lagunare declared an average taxable income of 22,818 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Marano Lagunare is in climate zone E, with 2,393 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 2 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marano Lagunare has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 1.0% of the land in Marano Lagunare, 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
Marano Lagunare 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 Marano Lagunare; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Marano Lagunare: 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 Marano Lagunare 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 9 inhabited census areas in Marano Lagunare. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 1.3%
- good 70.0%
- very good 28.7%
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 030056. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.