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Verzegnis: 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: Via Udine 1, Verzegnis.

Verzegnis, in Carnia above Tolmezzo and its lake

Verzegnis is a municipality in Carnia, the mountain area of Friuli in north-eastern Italy, on the slopes near Tolmezzo. The territory is a scatter of small hamlets among meadows, woods and hillsides, and includes the reservoir that bears its name, popular in summer for swimming and walks. Tolmezzo, down in the Tagliamento valley, is the town for schools, hospital, shops and work.

The climate here is zone F, the coldest: long winters, snow, and stoves and boilers running for much of the year. If you buy a house in one of the hamlets, look at insulation, the type of heating, sun exposure and how you get there by car in the snowy months. On the slopes the report measures elevation and gradient and reads the official landslide maps, as well as flood maps along the streams.

The population is old: average age 50.1, against 48.5 for the province of Udine, and over-65s at 32.2%. At the end of 2023 there were 847 residents, down 6.5% since 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Foreign residents are 4.5%. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Friuli knows earthquakes well, and anyone buying in Carnia should ask when the house was built or rebuilt and to what standards. Verzegnis is in seismic zone 2, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.243 g, a high value; in the province, 19 municipalities are in zone 1, the most hazardous.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report works back from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Carnia, on the slopes above Tolmezzo, with its own lake.
  • Over-65s at 32.2%, average age 50.1.
  • Seismic zone 2, yet expected acceleration about 0.243 g.
  • Climate zone F: insulation and heating come first.

Overview

Verzegnis is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 847 residents, ranked 105 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Verzegnis 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 0.243 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Verzegnis, 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 6.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Verzegnis declared an average taxable income of 23,320 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Verzegnis is in climate zone F, with 3,192 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 407 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 2.3% of the land in Verzegnis, 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

Verzegnis 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Verzegnis. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Verzegnis: 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 Verzegnis 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 14 inhabited census areas in Verzegnis. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 25.8%
  • good 74.2%

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 030132. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.