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Venzone: 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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Venzone, the walled town on the Tagliamento

Venzone is a walled medieval town on the left bank of the Tagliamento, where the valley narrows between the mountains before opening onto the Friulian plain in north-east Italy. Inside the ring of walls are the cathedral, narrow streets and stone houses, while the valley hamlets spread outside. Gemona is close, and Udine is about half an hour away.

For getting about, the location works well: the motorway to Tarvisio and Austria and the Pontebbana railway both run along the valley, with a station at Venzone. Inside the walls houses come with heritage rules to respect if you do any work.

At the end of 2023 there were 1,933 residents, down 13.3% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 50.4, above 48.5 for the province of Udine, and over-65s make up 30.1%. Foreign residents are 3.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Venzone is in seismic zone 1, the highest, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.257 g, like 18 other municipalities in the province. The old town was rebuilt as it had been after the 1976 earthquake, so for any house ask for the reconstruction or building design, the structural test certificate and any later work.

Near the Tagliamento and the streams coming down from the mountains, the report reads the official flood and landslide maps for the address. Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Walled medieval town on the Tagliamento.
  • Motorway and Pontebbana railway with a station.
  • Seismic zone 1: ask for design and tests.
  • Population down 13.3% since 2011.

Overview

Venzone is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,933 residents, ranked 77 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Venzone 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 0.257 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Venzone, 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 13.3%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (49). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Venzone declared an average taxable income of 22,826 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Venzone is in climate zone E, with 2,596 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 230 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Venzone has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 3.8% of the land in Venzone, 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

Venzone 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 medium. 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 Venzone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Venzone: 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 Venzone 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 34 inhabited census areas in Venzone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.1%
  • fair 97.9%

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 030131. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.