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Rigolato: 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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For example: Frazione Ludaria 1, Rigolato.

Rigolato, a mountain village in the Val Degano

In Carnia, the mountainous part of Friuli, the Val Degano climbs towards the Austrian border between thick woods and steep slopes. Rigolato lies along this valley at around 750 metres, with its main village and several hamlets scattered on the hillsides. For the hospital, secondary schools and most services, the reference is Tolmezzo, the main town of Carnia.

The population decline is steep. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 374 residents, 128 fewer than the 502 of 2011, a drop of 25.5%. The estimated average age is 56.6, against 48.5 for the province of Udine, and over-65s make up 43.6%. Households are small too: 1.82 people on average.

For buyers this often means choosing between stone and timber houses, sometimes roomy, that need renovating, perhaps as a second home for summer or for winter in the mountains. This is climate zone F: snow, frost and heating that stays on for many months. Before signing, come up when there is snow and get a feel for the running costs.

Rigolato is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 43 other municipalities in the province, while 19 municipalities in the province are in zone 1 and 71 in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.154 g. In Friuli the 1976 earthquake is still remembered: for an older house, ask what structural work has been done and under which approved plans.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available. On the slopes and along the river Degano, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address.

Key points

  • Mountain village in Carnia, along the Val Degano.
  • 374 residents in 2023, down 25.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.154 g.
  • Climate zone F: see stone and timber houses in the snow.

Overview

Rigolato is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 374 residents, among the smallest in the province (127 of 134).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rigolato 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 0.154 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 25.5%. The estimated average age is 57 years, higher than the province average (49). 44% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rigolato declared an average taxable income of 20,627 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rigolato is in climate zone F, with 3,842 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 760 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rigolato has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 1.8% of the land in Rigolato, 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

Rigolato 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 Rigolato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rigolato: 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 Rigolato 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 12 inhabited census areas in Rigolato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.4%
  • fair 98.6%

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 030094. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.