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Ravascletto: 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 M. Zoncolan 1, Ravascletto.

Ravascletto, Carnia's Zoncolan village

For many people Ravascletto means skiing: the lifts up Monte Zoncolan start from this village in Carnia, and many of the homes built in recent decades are holiday flats. The town hall stands at about 950 metres in the Val Calda, with meadows and woods around it.

That matters to a buyer. In a holiday apartment block, look at the building rules, service charges and the state of the roof and shared systems, and ask how many flats are lived in all year round. For a detached house, what counts is access in snow and heating: the climate zone is F.

Permanent residents are few: 509 in 2023, 9.1% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The mean age is 53.2, against 48.5 in the province, over-65s are 37.1% and households have 1.77 members on average. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Udine.

Ravascletto is in seismic zone 2, like 71 of the 134 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.173 g. Friuli has a long history of earthquakes, and for older buildings it is worth finding out whether they were rebuilt or strengthened after 1976 and to what design.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report traces the address to the land parcel. In the mountains, landslides and debris flows depend heavily on the exact spot, and the report checks them on the official maps for the individual house.

Key points

  • Home of the Zoncolan ski lifts, in Carnia, at about 950 metres.
  • Many holiday flats: check building rules and service charges.
  • 509 residents in 2023, over-65s at 37.1%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.173 g.

Overview

Ravascletto is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 509 residents, among the smallest in the province (121 of 134).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ravascletto 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 0.173 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Ravascletto, 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 9.1%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ravascletto declared an average taxable income of 20,562 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ravascletto is in climate zone F, with 3,812 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 950 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ravascletto has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.

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 2.9% of the land in Ravascletto, 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

Ravascletto 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 Ravascletto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ravascletto: 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 Ravascletto 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 11 inhabited census areas in Ravascletto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 030088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.