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Nimis: 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 Alessandro Manzoni 1, Nimis.

Nimis, the Ramandolo hills below the Julian Prealps

Ramandolo, the hamlet that gives its name to the sweet DOCG wine, lies in the hills of Nimis, and terraced vineyards are the first thing you see as you climb. The municipality is north of Udine, about half an hour by car, where the Friulian plain gives way to hills and then to the Julian Prealps. The main village is low down, at around 200 metres; the hamlets rise towards the woods and valleys.

House hunters here face three situations: houses and villas in the main village, handy for commuting to Udine or Tarcento; rural houses in the hill hamlets, often with land; and isolated buildings in the mountains, attractive but harder to manage in winter. Climate zone E brings cold, wet winters.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there are 2,622 residents in 2023, down 5.6% on 2011. The average age is 49.8 against 48.5 in the province of Udine, and 30.2% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Nimis is in seismic zone 1, the highest class, with an expected acceleration of 0.255 g, and was among the places hit by the 1976 Friuli earthquake. Many houses were rebuilt or strengthened afterwards: when buying, ask for the design and the reconstruction paperwork, and for older buildings a structural survey.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published. Between hills, streams and slopes the ground varies a lot, and the report reads gradient and official maps for the address.

Key points

  • Ramandolo wine hills, north of Udine
  • Main village on the flat, hamlets up in the hills
  • 30.2% over 65, average age 49.8
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.255 g

Overview

Nimis is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,622 residents, ranked 55 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nimis is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 19 of 134 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.255 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Nimis, 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 5.6%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nimis declared an average taxable income of 22,351 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nimis is in climate zone E, with 2,787 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 207 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nimis has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 5.4% of the land in Nimis, 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

Nimis is not among the radon priority areas designated 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 open contaminated sites in Nimis; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Nimis: 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 Nimis 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 40 inhabited census areas in Nimis. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 030065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.