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Borgo Valsugana: 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 per Telve 2, Borgo Valsugana.

Borgo Valsugana, a river town under the land book system

The river Brenta flows right through the historic centre of Borgo Valsugana, with houses and old palazzi lining the water. The town is the main centre of the lower Valsugana, the valley that runs from Trento down towards Bassano del Grappa following the river. It sits at around three hundred and eighty metres, with wooded slopes rising on both sides: the Lagorai range to the north and the mountains on the border with the Veneto to the south.

If you work in Trento there are two links, the Valsugana main road and the Trento-Bassano-Venice railway, which stops at Borgo. The town has the services of a small valley capital, and health facilities recorded by Overture Maps are more frequent than the provincial average, 1.27 per 1,000 residents against 0.49.

There are 7,067 residents (2023), up 3.5% since 2011. The average age of 46.0 is close to the provincial 45.4, and foreign residents make up 9.8%. Incomes are slightly below the Trentino average.

One practical difference from most of Italy concerns ownership. Trentino uses the land book system (sistema tavolare): ownership is proved by registration in the land book, and the cadastre is kept by the autonomous province rather than the national Revenue Agency, which does not publish parcel maps here. The report therefore cannot trace the cadastral parcel from the address and says so. For a purchase you need an extract from the land book, which a local notary or surveyor can read for you.

Borgo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like most municipalities in Trentino (147 out of 166), with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.094 g. Water matters more: near the Brenta, along side streams and at the foot of the slopes, the hazard maps need reading address by address. Winters are cold (climate zone E), so insulation and heating weigh on running costs.

Key points

  • Main town of the lower Valsugana, on the Brenta, with trains to Trento.
  • Population up 3.5% since 2011.
  • Land book system: ownership is checked in the land book.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.094 g.

Overview

Borgo Valsugana is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 7,067 residents, among the most populous in the province (12 of 166).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgo Valsugana 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 0.094 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 3.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgo Valsugana declared an average taxable income of 24,628 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgo Valsugana is in climate zone E, with 2,984 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 380 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgo Valsugana has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 4.4% of the land in Borgo Valsugana, 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

Borgo Valsugana is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Borgo Valsugana, and 4 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Borgo Valsugana: 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 Borgo Valsugana 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 45 inhabited census areas in Borgo Valsugana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.2%
  • good 55.2%
  • very good 36.6%

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 022022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.