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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 42 healthcare sites, twice the provincial rate per resident, plus 59 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.

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 Pordenone.

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.

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.

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.

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 27 grocery shops and supermarkets, 42 healthcare facilities, 59 sports facilities and 12 parks and green areas.

There are 0.8 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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.

Public transport

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

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Pordenone: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

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