Prato Carnico: 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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Prato Carnico, the hamlets of the Val Pesarina
Prato Carnico has no single centre. It is a string of hamlets along the Val Pesarina, a side valley in Carnia, the mountain part of Friuli. The Pesarina stream runs along the bottom, fir forests climb both sides and the houses sit on the sunnier strip at around 700 metres. Pesariis, one of the hamlets, has been tied to clockmaking for generations, and several large clocks are on display along its streets.
For buyers, climate and distance come first. This is climate zone F, the one with the longest winters, and snow is part of the season, so check the roof, insulation and heating system before you look at the price. Shops and basic services are limited, and for anything else you drive down the valley.
The village has lost people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 825 residents in 2023, down 11.0% on the 927 of 2011. It is an older community, with an average age of 51.7 against 48.5 for the province of Udine and over-65s at 35.4%. Households average 1.98 people, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Prato Carnico is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, while 19 municipalities in the province are in zone 1 and 71 in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.163 g. In hamlet houses, often stone and timber and built wall to wall, find out whether and when the structure was reinforced.
Between stream and slopes, landslides and floods should be checked for the specific address, which the report does using the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here too, so the report can find the land parcel from the address.
Key points
- A row of hamlets along the Val Pesarina, in Carnia.
- Residents down 11.0% since 2011, over-65s at 35.4%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
- Climate zone F: check insulation and heating before the price.
Overview
Prato Carnico is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 825 residents, ranked 109 of 134 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Prato Carnico 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 0.163 g, a medium-high 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 11.0%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (49). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Prato Carnico declared an average taxable income of 19,658 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Prato Carnico is in climate zone F, with 3,529 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 674 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Prato Carnico has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
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 1.1% of the land in Prato Carnico, 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
Prato Carnico 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 high. 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 Prato Carnico; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Prato Carnico: 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 Prato Carnico 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 17 inhabited census areas in Prato Carnico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2024.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 030081. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.