Canal San Bovo: 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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Canal San Bovo, the Vanoi valley in eastern Trentino
Canal San Bovo is the municipality of the Vanoi valley, a side valley in eastern Trentino near Primiero, on the border with the province of Belluno. It is a land of woods, meadows and small settlements scattered along the Vanoi stream and up the slopes, with the town hall above seven hundred metres and long winters (climate zone F).
The mountains here are secluded, away from the big tourist routes. Buyers will find traditional stone and timber houses, haylofts and scattered homes with land, often needing work. For secondary schools, hospitals and larger services, people look mainly to Primiero, with mountain journey times. The village has 16 recorded services.
There are 1,458 residents, down 8.4% on 2011. The average age is 47.2 against 45.4 for the province, and over-65s make up 28.4%, against 23.6%. Foreign nationals are 2.1%. Average incomes are below the level for the province of Trento.
As throughout Trentino, the tavolare land registry applies: ownership is checked in the Libro fondiario, a land book system inherited from Austrian rule, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for these municipalities, so the report cannot show them. The other data for the address remain available.
Canal San Bovo is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 147 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.114 g. In a narrow valley, slopes and streams matter: the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the exact location of the house and measures its elevation and gradient.
Key points
- Vanoi valley, eastern Trentino near Primiero.
- Tavolare land registry: Libro fondiario, no Revenue Agency maps.
- 1,458 residents, down 8.4% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.114 g.
Overview
Canal San Bovo is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,458 residents, ranked 79 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Canal San Bovo 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 0.114 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 fallen by 8.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 2.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Canal San Bovo declared an average taxable income of 22,805 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Canal San Bovo is in climate zone F, with 3,572 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 757 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Canal San Bovo has 2 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 0.9% of the land in Canal San Bovo, 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
Canal San Bovo is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 contaminated sites in Canal San Bovo.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Canal San Bovo: 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 Canal San Bovo 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 59 inhabited census areas in Canal San Bovo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 65.2%
- good 34.8%
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
- 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 022038. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.