Mereto di Tomba: 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.
Liveability index free for any address
Land sheet 6 free checks
Search for an address in Mereto di Tomba
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 Duca D`aosta 1, Mereto di Tomba.
Mereto di Tomba, farming villages west of Udine
Mereto di Tomba is a municipality on the upper Friulian plain, west of Udine, made up of several villages gathered around their churches and separated by farmland. The countryside is flat and open, and most houses are low, with a courtyard and often an old farm building alongside: the typical pattern of rural Friuli, where people who work in town drive in every day.
For a buyer the main choice is the type of building. Next to the detached houses built in recent decades there are stone and brick farmhouses, sometimes with large volumes waiting to be restored. The town is in climate zone E, with cold, damp winters, so insulation, windows and heating weigh heavily on the cost of any renovation.
According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 2,519 residents in 2023, down 7.0% from 2,709 in 2011. The average age is 49.1, close to 48.5 for the province, and 29.7% of residents are over 65, against 27.8% across the Udine area. Foreign nationals make up 6.2%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.
Friuli knows earthquakes well. Mereto di Tomba is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 70 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.185 g in the built-up area. For a stone house it is worth finding out whether the walls and floors were strengthened after the 1976 earthquake, and what paperwork exists.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps, which on the plain vary from one spot to the next.
Key points
- Farming villages on the upper Friulian plain, west of Udine
- 2,519 residents, down 7.0% since 2011
- 29.7% over 65, against 27.8% in the province
- Seismic zone 2: ask what work was done on the walls
Overview
Mereto di Tomba is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,519 residents, ranked 57 of 134 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mereto di Tomba is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (71 of 134) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.185 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Mereto di Tomba, 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 7.0%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mereto di Tomba declared an average taxable income of 24,107 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Mereto di Tomba is in climate zone E, with 2,292 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 97 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mereto di Tomba has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.
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 8.4% of the land in Mereto di Tomba, 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
Mereto di Tomba 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 very 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 Mereto di Tomba.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mereto di Tomba: 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 Mereto di Tomba 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 Mereto di Tomba. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 21.3%
- fair 63.0%
- good 15.7%
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 030058. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.