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Mortegliano: 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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For example: Via Udine 1, Mortegliano.

Mortegliano, Italy's tallest bell tower on the Friuli plain

Mortegliano's bell tower can be seen from far across the plain south of Udine: built in the twentieth century, it is considered the tallest in Italy. The cathedral holds a large carved wooden altarpiece from the Friulian Renaissance. The municipality also includes the hamlets of Lavariano and Chiasiellis, set among fields of maize and soya between Udine, Codroipo and Palmanova.

This is a lowland town where people live in detached houses with courtyards, often renovated Friulian farmhouses, and in newer small villas. Udine is fifteen minutes by car, and many residents work there or in the surrounding industrial areas. The town has 7 supermarkets, 1.46 per 1,000 residents against 0.61 in the province, as they also serve nearby villages.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 4,799 residents in 2023, down 4.9% since 2011. The average age is 48.0, slightly below the province of Udine, and 25.6% are over 65. Households are small, with 2.13 people on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Friuli is an earthquake region, and although Mortegliano is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection Department classification, its expected ground acceleration of about 0.149 g is not negligible. The province has 19 municipalities in zone 1 and 71 in zone 2, mostly towards the mountains. For renovated farmhouses, ask whether the work also covered the structure.

The low Friulian plain is crossed by streams and drainage ditches, and some areas can flood in heavy rain. The report checks mapped areas at the address and finds the plot in the Revenue Agency cadastre.

Key points

  • Plain south of Udine, with Italy's tallest bell tower.
  • 4,799 residents, down 4.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, but expected acceleration about 0.149 g.
  • 7 supermarkets, above the provincial rate.

Overview

Mortegliano is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,799 residents, ranked 31 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mortegliano 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 0.149 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mortegliano declared an average taxable income of 23,682 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mortegliano is in climate zone E, with 2,235 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 41 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mortegliano has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 3 sports facilities.

There are 1.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 11.9% of the land in Mortegliano, compared with 6.8% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Mortegliano 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 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 Mortegliano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mortegliano: 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 Mortegliano 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 25 inhabited census areas in Mortegliano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.2%
  • fair 55.8%
  • good 43.0%

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 030062. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.