Monfalcone: what to know before buying a home

Overview

Monfalcone is a municipality in the province of Gorizia, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 30,059 residents, the second most populous in the province. 22% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monfalcone is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (15 of 25) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.137 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.

• Seismic zones 1, 2, 3 and 4: what they mean for buyers
• What is PGA

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Monfalcone.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

• Flood-prone areas P1, P2 and P3: what they mean
• ISPRA IdroGEO

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

• How we read local prices

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 11.2%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (48). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 31.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

• Census section

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monfalcone has 20 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 17 healthcare facilities, 23 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.7 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (1.0).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

• Where the services data comes from

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

• Which timetables we use

Land registry

Monfalcone uses the tavolare (land book) system, but the Revenue Agency still publishes the maps: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

• Sheet and parcel

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 2026-08-19.0.
• List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.

ISTAT code 031012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.