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Taipana: 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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Taipana, the Julian Pre-Alps on the Slovenian border

On the border with Slovenia, in the upper Torre valley and the Julian Pre-Alps, the municipality of Taipana has steep, wooded land, divided into several hamlets such as Montemaggiore and Prossenicco, and a local variety of Slovene has long been spoken here alongside Italian. Udine, with its hospital, offices and jobs, is reached by driving down to the Friulian plain.

The first thing to know concerns earthquakes. Taipana is in seismic zone 1, the highest class in the Civil Protection classification, like 19 of the 134 municipalities in the province of Udine, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.261 g. For any house, ask the year it was built or rebuilt, the structural designs and the work carried out, and have a structural engineer check it.

In 2023 there were 567 residents, 112 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 16.5% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 54.2, against 48.5 in the province, and over-65s make up 35.8%. Households are small, averaging 1.72 people, and foreign residents account for 8.1%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Altitude, orientation and access also matter to a buyer. The village is in climate zone F, with long winters, and the upper hamlets are linked by narrow mountain roads.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On steep slopes cut by streams, landslide hazard should be read hamlet by hamlet on the official maps.

Key points

  • Upper Torre valley, Julian Pre-Alps, on the Slovenian border.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.261 g.
  • Residents down 16.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 35.8%, estimated average age 54.2.

Overview

Taipana is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 567 residents, ranked 118 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Taipana is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 19 of 134 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.261 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Taipana, 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 16.5%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Taipana declared an average taxable income of 20,038 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Taipana is in climate zone F, with 3,305 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 478 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Taipana has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 1.6% of the land in Taipana, 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

Taipana 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 low. 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 Taipana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Taipana: 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 Taipana 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 15 inhabited census areas in Taipana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 030113. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.