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Travesio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pordenone, 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: Via Villa 2, Travesio.

Travesio, Pordenone foothills along the Cosa

Travesio lies where the Friuli plain meets the first mountains, in the foothill belt north of Spilimbergo, crossed by the Cosa stream. The village is at around 230 metres, with meadows, woods and the Carnic Prealps behind it; Pordenone is about forty minutes away, Spilimbergo much closer.

There were 1,827 residents in 2023, broadly stable since 2011 (up 0.7%). The average age of 46.6 matches the province (46.6) and foreign residents make up 10.4%, linked to work in local businesses.

Buyers will find Friulian stone houses with courtyards, often rebuilt or strengthened after the 1976 earthquake, and detached homes from the following decades. With older houses, find out when and how they were rebuilt; with all of them, insulation matters, as the climate zone is E and winters are cold. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Friuli foothills are an active seismic area. Travesio is in seismic zone 1, the most severe class, like 12 other municipalities in the province of Pordenone, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is 0.252 g. Before buying, asking for the structural design and the permits for any work is the most important check.

Near the Cosa and the streams coming down from the mountains, the exact position of the house matters. Starting from the address, the report identifies the land parcel on the Revenue Agency cadastral maps and shows the official flood and landslide maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Pordenone foothills along the Cosa, north of Spilimbergo.
  • Population stable since 2011, foreign residents at 10.4%.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.252 g.
  • Rebuilt houses: ask for structural design and permits.

Overview

Travesio is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,827 residents, ranked 31 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Travesio is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 50 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Travesio, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Travesio declared an average taxable income of 22,479 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Travesio is in climate zone E, with 2,746 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 226 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Travesio has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

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 5.9% of the land in Travesio, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Travesio 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 Travesio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Travesio: 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 Travesio 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 13 inhabited census areas in Travesio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 99.7%

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 093047. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.