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Trieste: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Trieste, 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.

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Trieste, an Adriatic port with a Habsburg past

For centuries Trieste belonged to the Habsburg lands, and from the eighteenth century it was their great port on the Adriatic. The city still shows it: neoclassical and Art Nouveau buildings in the centre, historic coffee houses, Piazza Unità d'Italia opening onto the sea and Miramare Castle along the coast. Behind the city rises the Carso (Karst), the limestone plateau that separates it from Slovenia, and the bora wind is part of daily life. Today Trieste is also a centre for scientific research, with its university and several international institutes.

Buyers here will come across the land book (libro fondiario): as in other formerly Austrian areas, ownership is recorded under the tavolare land registry system. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) nonetheless publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report can trace the sheet and parcel numbers (foglio and particella) from the address, just as elsewhere in Italy.

The former province of Trieste is tiny, just 6 municipalities, and the city holds 87.1% of its inhabitants: 198,843 residents at the end of 2023, 1.6% fewer than in 2011. The population is older, with an estimated average age of 48.6 and 28.3% of residents over 65, above the Friuli-Venezia Giulia figure of 27.2%; households are small, at 1.88 people on average. Foreign nationals make up 12%.

All 6 municipalities are in seismic zone 3, the second-lowest of four classes, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.113 g, a moderate value, so in nineteenth-century palazzi and post-war blocks it is still worth asking about the condition of the structure. The services data list 124 healthcare facilities, 151 schools, 184 sports facilities and 983 bars and restaurants. A city built in terraces between the sea and the plateau has slopes that make landslide hazard differ from street to street, and flood hazard near the coast varies too: the report checks both at the address and gives prices as a range for the zone.

Key points

  • 198,843 residents, 87.1% of the provincial area's population.
  • Tavolare land registry, but with Revenue Agency maps: plot found from the address.
  • All 6 municipalities in seismic zone 3; about 0.113 g in Trieste.
  • Small households: 1.88 people on average.

Overview

Trieste is the capital of the province of Trieste, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 198,843 residents, the most populous municipality in the province. 87% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Trieste is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 6 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.113 g, a moderate 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Trieste.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 1.6%. 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 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Trieste has 151 schools and 61 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 84 grocery shops and supermarkets, 124 healthcare facilities, 184 sports facilities and 36 parks and green areas.

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

Trieste 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.

Data sources

ISTAT code 032006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.