All things you need to know about living in Arba
Arba, in the province of Pordenone, is home to 2 Estonians: 0.15% of its 1,334 residents.
That is the 5th-highest concentration of Estonians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Friuli-Venezia Giulia it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 163 residents with a foreign citizenship in Arba, 12.22% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (3), Argentinians (1), Belgians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pordenone scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for hospital beds in high-care wards and density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.3°C (81°F) and winters a low of -1.8°C (29°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Arba sees about 13 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,587mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 159 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Arba at about €625 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Arba population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 46 | 3.45% |
| Albania | 10 | 0.75% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.45% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.22% |
| Estonia | 2 | 0.15% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.07% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.07% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.07% |
| France | 1 | 0.07% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.07% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.07% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.07% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,042 | 78.11% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 118 | 8.85% |
| Born outside the EU | 174 | 13.04% |
Estonians over time
Quality of life in Pordenone
Full BES profile for Pordenone →Pordenone on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Arba is well below the Pordenone average of €930/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
17.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €733/m², against €625 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 18% more per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
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