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Pagnacco: 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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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 dei Platani 1, Pagnacco.

Pagnacco, the first hills just north of Udine

A few minutes' drive north of Udine brings you to Pagnacco, where the Friulian plain starts to roll into the first moraine hills, low ridges left by an ancient glacier. The municipality is made up of several hamlets, including Plaino and Fontanabona, separated by meadows, copses and fields. It is mainly a place to live: many residents work in the city, and average declared incomes are well above the provincial average.

Homes are mostly detached family houses with gardens, some recently built, others converted from old farm buildings. If you want space and quiet close to Udine, this is an alternative to the city, but you will need a car for almost everything. The moraine hills have small changes in level and ground that varies from one plot to the next.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,080 residents in 2023, a change of +0.7% since 2011. The average age is 47.9, against 48.5 in the province, over-65s make up 26.5% and foreign residents 3.4%. Households have 2.23 people on average.

The hill belt north of Udine is among the most seismic areas of northern Italy. The Civil Protection Department places Pagnacco in zone 2, like 70 other municipalities in the province, while 19 are in zone 1; the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.224 g. For a house built before the latest earthquake rules, ask for the structural design and any strengthening work, and have an engineer assess them before making an offer.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, so the report finds the land parcel from the address. Slope and landslide hazard on the hills, and standing water in the lower areas, are checked for the individual address.

Key points

  • Moraine hills a few minutes north of Udine.
  • Detached houses with gardens, incomes above the provincial average.
  • 5,080 residents, average age 47.9.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.224 g.

Overview

Pagnacco is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,080 residents, ranked 30 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pagnacco 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 0.224 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pagnacco, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. 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 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pagnacco declared an average taxable income of 31,155 euros, above the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pagnacco is in climate zone E, with 2,416 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 170 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pagnacco has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 15.2% of the land in Pagnacco, 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

Pagnacco 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 contaminated sites in Pagnacco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pagnacco: 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 Pagnacco 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 27 inhabited census areas in Pagnacco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 13.6%
  • good 86.4%

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 030068. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.