Central Friuli and Palmanova: flat country 25 minutes from Udine

The zone has no single centre. West of Udine, towards the Tagliamento, lie Basiliano, Sedegliano, Coseano, Dignano, Flaibano, Mereto di Tomba and San Vito di Fagagna, with Lestizza and Mortegliano further south. To the south-east is Palmanova, the Venetian fortress town, on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 2017, with Bicinicco, Santa Maria la Longa, Trivignano Udinese, Visco, San Vito al Torre and Chiopris-Viscone. To the east, on the roads to Gorizia and Cividale, come Buttrio, Manzano, Premariacco, Moimacco and San Giovanni al Natisone.

Town profiles: Palmanova, Manzano, Mortegliano. Closer to the city: Udine and its ring of towns.

• Hospital: Palmanova's hospital, classed as a basic-level hospital, never closes its A&E, which is 4 min from the municipal offices, 5 min if you start from Visco. The nearest A&E depends on where you are: Udine from Buttrio (22 min), San Daniele from Coseano (10 min), Spilimbergo from Dignano (7 min). Heart attacks, strokes and serious injuries go to Udine instead, 26 min away for the median town. Every 112 call in the region is answered in Palmanova (drive times for every town).
• Trains: Basiliano, Buttrio, Manzano, San Giovanni al Natisone and Palmanova have stations; on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the Mi.Co.Tra. between Trieste and Villach also stops at Palmanova.
• Roads and flights: the Palmanova motorway junction is 2 min from the centre; Trieste airport 21 min, Venice airport 1 h 07.
• Sea: the sandy beach at Marina Julia is 29 min from Palmanova; from Dignano the nearest is Lignano, 1 h 04.
• Schools: a primary school in 19 towns (not Visco or Chiopris-Viscone); secondary schools only in Palmanova (3 sites and courses); otherwise pupils travel out of the zone, to Udine or other nearby towns.

In the last year the OMI has not changed its values in any of the 21 towns. Sales in 2025, where the Revenue Agency publishes them: Mortegliano 85 (+11.4%), San Giovanni al Natisone 82, Basiliano 67, Manzano 64, Palmanova 62 (-18.0%), Buttrio 56 (+79.4%).

Homes without a resident in 2011, holiday homes included: 13% in the median town, 17% across the region. There were 63,318 residents in 2001 and 62,159 in 2024. In 2024 deaths outnumbered births by 395; arrivals from the rest of Italy (+115) and from abroad (+168) made up part of the gap. Since 2001: Visco +20%, Trivignano Udinese -11%. How much space a budget buys: what €200,000 buys.

On the plain the mountains are far away: on 21 December the town halls get between 8 h 28 min and 8 h 38 min of sun, almost all the sky allows (winter sun). Summer is the price: San Vito al Torre and Visco see 30 °C or more on 48 days annually, Sedegliano on 40. Frost nights number 62 in the median town; rainfall is 1,350 mm a year, against 1,690 mm in the moraine hills (climate town by town).

• Water: in Lestizza 66.6% of buildings stand in areas of medium flood hazard, in Mortegliano 63.9%, in Mereto di Tomba 42.6%, in Coseano 41.1%. In Moimacco and Santa Maria la Longa, none (floods and landslides).
• Fibre: fibre to the home reaches no household in Visco, 6.3% in Buttrio, 16.3% in San Giovanni al Natisone; Flaibano reaches 99.6% (fibre town by town).
• Age of buildings: pre-1971 buildings make up 61% in the median town (54% regionally), in San Vito al Torre 81%. Seismic zone 2 in 11 towns, zone 3 in the other 10 (what to ask).
• Land register: in Visco, San Vito al Torre and Chiopris-Viscone ownership is recorded in the tavolare land register (how it works).
• Property tax: in Palmanova and San Vito al Torre second homes are charged ILIA at 1.06%; the one home an owner registers with the Region (only one in the whole region) pays 0.70% (the rules).