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Pordenone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Pordenone, western Friuli's main town

Pordenone is the main town of western Friuli, set on the plain crossed by the Noncello river, between the Pre-Alps and the Adriatic coast. It is a place of industry and services: the Zanussi appliance company was founded here, and the area is still tied to household appliances, engineering and furniture making. The historic centre runs along the main street, lined with palazzi whose façades carry old frescoes.

Newcomers will find a growing town used to people arriving from elsewhere. In 2023 there were 52,147 residents, 3.1% more than the 50,583 recorded at the 2011 census, and 15.1% of residents are foreign nationals. Pordenone is the largest of the 50 municipalities in its province, home to 16.8% of the population. The estimated average age is just over 47, and 26.3% of residents are over 65, below the Friuli-Venezia Giulia average of 27.2%. Households are small, averaging just over two people.

Services are generous for a town of this size. Overture's open map data count 45 education sites and 50 healthcare sites, the latter well above the provincial rate per resident, plus 62 sports facilities and 12 green spaces.

Friuli knows earthquakes well, and Pordenone is in seismic zone 2. In the province, 13 municipalities are in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 10 in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.195 g, a medium-high value. When buying, start from the year the building was constructed and the documents on its structure, asking the seller or the building manager for them.

Unlike Trieste and Gorizia, Pordenone does not use the tavolare land registry (catasto tavolare) inherited from Austrian rule: cadastral maps come from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), and the report locates the land parcel from the address. On a plain crossed by rivers and channels, flood risk has to be checked address by address, and the same goes for landslides.

Key points

  • 52,147 residents in 2023, up 3.1% since 2011.
  • Foreign nationals make up 15.1% of the population.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.195 g.
  • Standard Revenue Agency cadastre, not the tavolare system.

Overview

Pordenone is the capital of the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 52,147 residents, the most populous municipality in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pordenone is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (27 of 50) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.195 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pordenone, 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 grown by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pordenone declared an average taxable income of 28,449 euros, above the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pordenone is in climate zone E, with 2,459 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 24 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pordenone has 45 schools and 15 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 32 grocery shops and supermarkets, 50 healthcare facilities, 62 sports facilities and 12 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 40.8% of the land in Pordenone, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pordenone 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pordenone, and 12 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pordenone: 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 Pordenone 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 566 inhabited census areas in Pordenone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 16.9%
  • good 58.6%
  • very good 24.5%
  • excellent 0.1%

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 093033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.