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Ala: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. 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 Trento 2, Ala.

Ala, the velvet town at the foot of the Vallagarina

Heading down the Vallagarina towards Verona, Ala is the last sizeable Trentino town before Avio and the border with the Veneto, on the Adige south of Rovereto. In the eighteenth century it was famous for silk velvet, and the baroque palazzi of the old centre date from that period. The valley floor carries the Brenner motorway and the railway, with a station at Ala.

The municipality is very varied. The main town and valley-floor hamlets such as Serravalle and Chizzola sit near the river and the transport links; to the east, villages and summer pastures climb onto the Lessini mountains, which separate Ala from the province of Verona. People working in Rovereto or Trento usually choose the valley floor, close to the station and the motorway exit.

At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 8,819 residents, down 0.8% on 2011. The estimated average age is 44.7, slightly below the province, and foreign residents make up 10.1%. Declared incomes are a little under the Trentino average.

Ala is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification: in the province of Trento only 4 municipalities are in this zone, while 147 are in zone 3 and 15 in zone 4. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.154 g. For a palazzo in the old town or a stone house, ask whether any structural work has been carried out.

The land registry works differently here. Trentino uses the tavolare system, with the land book kept by the Province, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps, so the report cannot trace the address to its land parcel and says so. Other checks, such as landslides on the slopes and flooding along the Adige, are still made at the exact location.

Key points

  • 8,819 residents in the Vallagarina, south of Rovereto.
  • Station and Brenner motorway exit on the valley floor.
  • Seismic zone 2, rare in Trentino: acceleration about 0.154 g.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Overview

Ala is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 8,819 residents, among the most populous in the province (8 of 166).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ala is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 4 of 166 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.154 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Ala, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 10.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ala declared an average taxable income of 24,466 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ala is in climate zone E, with 2,672 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 180 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ala has 3 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 3.2% of the land in Ala, compared with 3.1% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ala is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Trento in 2026. 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 open contaminated sites in Ala; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ala: 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

For Ala the Revenue Agency does not publish cadastral maps: the land registry here uses the tavolare (land book) system. The report cannot give a parcel reference, but it still checks risks, services and transport at the address and states this clearly.

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 99 inhabited census areas in Ala. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 26.7%
  • good 72.8%

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 022001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.