Baselga di Pinè: 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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For example: Via Cesare Battisti 1, Baselga di Pinè.
Baselga di Pinè, lakes and a plateau above Trento
The Pinè plateau opens up about twenty kilometres from Trento, above the Adige valley, and Baselga is its main municipality. The village sits at almost a thousand metres beside Lake Serraia, with Lake Piazze a little further north. Around it are meadows and woods dotted with hamlets, some geared to holidaymakers, others mainly home to local families.
The plateau has been a summer retreat for generations and is now also somewhere people live all year while working in Trento. Miola has an ice stadium that hosts international speed skating events. The market mixes main homes, holiday flats and second homes. In Trentino a provincial law limits new second homes, so if you plan to use a property seasonally, check with the town council what is allowed. The climate zone is F, meaning long winters, and insulation and heating have a big effect on running costs.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,215 residents in 2023, up 5.8% on 2011. The average age is 45.1, close to the provincial 45.4; 23.5% are over 65 and 5.8% are foreign nationals.
Seismic hazard is low. Baselga is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.068 g. In the mountains, snow load on roofs, frost and slopes matter more; the report measures elevation and gradient at the address and checks landslide and flood maps near the lakes.
The province of Trento uses the land register system known as the tavolare. Ownership is recorded in the land book (libro fondiario), and the cadastral maps are run by the provincial government rather than published by the national Revenue Agency. For that reason the report cannot trace a Baselga address to its land parcel, and it says so.
Key points
- Plateau at almost 1,000 metres, by Lake Serraia and Lake Piazze.
- Residents up 5.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, like 147 Trentino municipalities.
- Tavolare land register: maps not published by the Revenue Agency.
Overview
Baselga di Pinè is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 5,215 residents, among the most populous in the province (17 of 166).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Baselga di Pinè is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (147 of 166) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.068 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 5.8%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Baselga di Pinè declared an average taxable income of 25,628 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Baselga di Pinè is in climate zone F, with 3,790 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 964 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Baselga di Pinè has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 sports facilities.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 5.1% of the land in Baselga di Pinè, 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
Baselga di Pinè is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Trento in 2026. 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 Baselga di Pinè; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Baselga di Pinè: 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 Baselga di Pinè 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 67 inhabited census areas in Baselga di Pinè. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 51.7%
- good 48.3%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Provincia autonoma di Trento, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 022009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.