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Torreano: 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: Frazione Masarolis 1, Torreano.

Torreano, hills and Piasentina stone near Cividale

Torreano is a hill municipality in eastern Friuli, north-east of Cividale del Friuli, in the area that rises towards the Natisone valleys. Its name has long been tied to pietra piasentina, the grey stone quarried here and used across Friuli for floors, steps and cladding. The area is a mix of scattered hamlets, woods and meadows, and for services, secondary schools and shops people look to Cividale, with Udine further on.

Buyers will mostly find restored rural buildings, detached houses and small hillside clusters. Distances are short as the crow flies, but the roads are hill roads and without a car you will not get far. It is worth checking the drive to Cividale from the exact address, since it can vary quite a bit from one hamlet to the next.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, counts 2,037 residents in 2023, down 8.0% on 2011. The population is older than average: the average age is 49.6 against 48.5 in the province of Udine, and 30.1% are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are the point to keep in mind. Torreano is in seismic zone 2 and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.249 g, a high value. For a stone house, ask whether structural work has been done, when, and under which permits. The report sets the seismic data alongside the official landslide and flood maps for the address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Hills north-east of Cividale, home of Piasentina stone.
  • Residents: 2,037 in 2023, fewer than in 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.249 g.
  • Stone houses: ask what structural work has been done.

Overview

Torreano is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,037 residents, ranked 73 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torreano 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 0.249 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Torreano, 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 8.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torreano declared an average taxable income of 22,747 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torreano is in climate zone E, with 2,435 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 189 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torreano has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

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 4.6% of the land in Torreano, 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

Torreano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2024. 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 open contaminated sites in Torreano; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torreano: 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 Torreano 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 31 inhabited census areas in Torreano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 73.5%
  • good 26.5%

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 030122. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.