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Socchieve: 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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Socchieve, in Carnia along the upper Tagliamento

Socchieve is a municipality in Carnia, the mountainous part of the province of Udine, in the valley of the upper Tagliamento. The main village and its hamlets lie on the valley floor and the lower slopes, below 500 metres, with woods all around and the river's wide gravel bed filling much of the valley. Tolmezzo is the town people rely on for services, secondary schools and the hospital.

Houses are largely stone and masonry. Buyers should allow for climate zone F winters, long and cold, and so for efficient insulation, windows and heating. In the smaller hamlets, check how you reach the house when it snows.

At the end of 2023 there were 861 residents, down 8.5% from 941 in 2011. The average age is 51.2, against 48.5 in the province, over-65s are 31.2% and foreign residents 8.0%. Average declared income is below that of the province of Udine.

Earthquake hazard is high: Socchieve is in seismic zone 2 (zone 1 being the most hazardous), like 70 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.224 g. Carnia was hit by the 1976 earthquake: for an older house it is worth finding out whether it was repaired then, to what standard, and what has been done since.

Along the Tagliamento and its tributaries, and on the wooded slopes, the report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the exact address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published and lead to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Carnia, in the upper Tagliamento valley.
  • 861 residents, down 8.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.224 g.
  • Climate zone F: check insulation and heating.

Overview

Socchieve is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 861 residents, ranked 104 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Socchieve 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 0.224 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Socchieve, 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 8.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Socchieve declared an average taxable income of 22,162 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Socchieve is in climate zone F, with 3,263 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 480 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 1.4% of the land in Socchieve, 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

Socchieve 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 contaminated sites in Socchieve.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Socchieve: 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 Socchieve 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 Socchieve. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 030110. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.