Sagrado: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sagrado, the Isonzo and the edge of the Karst
Sagrado lies on the bank of the Isonzo, where the Friuli plain meets the first heights of the Karst plateau, in the province of Gorizia. The municipality includes San Martino del Carso, the village named by Giuseppe Ungaretti in the poem he wrote at the front in the First World War, and the area still has trenches and memorial sites from that conflict. Gorizia and Monfalcone are a short drive away, with Trieste further on.
Buyers face two landscapes. Down by the river are the main village and the houses along the Isonzo, where the official flood maps should be read carefully; up on the Karst are hamlets with stone houses, stony ground and a windier climate. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.
There is one practical point to know: the tavolare land register applies here, the land book system inherited from Austrian rule. Ownership is checked in the land book (libro fondiario), which your notary will handle; the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are still published, and the report uses them to find the land parcel.
Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,124 residents in 2023, down 5.0% on 2011. The mean age is 49.4, against 48.0 in the province; over-65s make up 27.8% and foreign residents 5.1%.
Sagrado is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.164 g; in the province of Gorizia 10 municipalities are in zone 2 and 15 in zone 3. In the stone houses of the Karst, the walls and roof matter most.
Key points
- On the Isonzo, between the plain and the Gorizia Karst.
- San Martino del Carso, First World War memorial sites.
- Tavolare register: ownership recorded in the land book.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.164 g.
Overview
Sagrado is a municipality in the province of Gorizia, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,124 residents, ranked 12 of 25 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sagrado is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (15 of 25) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.164 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 5.0%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sagrado declared an average taxable income of 25,329 euros, in line with the province (24,418 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sagrado is in climate zone E, with 2,258 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 32 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sagrado has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 8.5% of the land in Sagrado, compared with 13.0% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sagrado 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 Sagrado.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sagrado: 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
Sagrado uses the tavolare (land book) system, but the Revenue Agency still publishes the maps: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.
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 18 inhabited census areas in Sagrado. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 33.9%
- good 66.1%
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
- 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 031017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.