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Vajont: 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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For example: Viale San Bartolomeo 1, Vajont.

Vajont, the new town on the plain near Maniago

Vajont is a young municipality: it was built in the 1970s on the Friulian plain near Maniago, to give a new home to the people of Erto and Casso after the 1963 Vajont disaster. That is why it looks different from the villages around it: regular streets, houses built within a few years, the layout of a planned estate rather than a village that grew over centuries.

For buyers this means buildings of similar age, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s, with the usual issues of that period: poor insulation, systems to update, dated windows. In return the land is flat, access is easy and Maniago, with its services, is close by; Pordenone is reached by car.

Residents numbered 1,640 in 2023, down 4.4% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is younger than average: an average age of 43.5 against 46.6 for the province of Pordenone, over-65s at 20.1%. Foreign residents are 12.7%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 1, the highest, one of 13 municipalities in the province in this class, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.250 g. For buildings from the 1970s, ask for the structural design and check whether it met the anti-seismic rules introduced in Friuli after the 1976 earthquake.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps. The report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps, useful on a plain crossed by streams coming down from the Pre-Alps.

Key points

  • Town built in the 1970s near Maniago.
  • Buildings of similar age: check insulation and systems.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.250 g.
  • Young population: average age 43.5.

Overview

Vajont is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,640 residents, ranked 32 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vajont 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 0.250 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vajont, 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 4.4%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vajont declared an average taxable income of 22,319 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vajont is in climate zone E, with 2,857 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 287 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vajont has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.6 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 36.5% of the land in Vajont, 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

Vajont 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 Vajont.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vajont: 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 Vajont 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 7 inhabited census areas in Vajont. 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 093052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.