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Canazei: 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: Streda de Costa 2, Canazei.

Canazei, upper Val di Fassa beneath the Dolomites

Canazei is in upper Val di Fassa, in eastern Trentino, at around 1,450 metres and surrounded by the Dolomites: the Sella group, the Sassolungo and the Marmolada are all within easy reach by road. The valley has a Ladin language and culture, and the village lives on tourism, skiing in winter and hiking and climbing in summer.

For buyers this shapes everything. Many flats are second homes or holiday lets, and prices follow demand from visitors more than from residents. The climate zone is F, the coldest: heating, insulation and keeping the roof in order under snow are fixed costs. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

There are 1,878 residents (2023), down 1.5% since 2011. The average age is 45.2, against 45.4 in the province, over-65s are 22.4% and foreign residents 9.3%.

Canazei is in seismic zone 3, with a low expected acceleration of 0.067 g. In the mountains the practical issues are slopes, torrents and avalanches: the report checks the official maps available for the address.

Trentino uses the tavolare system, land registers in the Austrian tradition. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish parcel maps for this province, so the report cannot trace the plot from the map: for the property identifier you need the land register and the provincial cadastral office.

Key points

  • Highest village in Val di Fassa, a Ladin valley below Sella and Marmolada.
  • Market driven by tourism, with many second homes.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.067 g.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency parcel maps.

Overview

Canazei is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,878 residents, ranked 64 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Canazei 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 0.067 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 1.5%. 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 9.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Canazei declared an average taxable income of 26,522 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Canazei is in climate zone F, with 4,918 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,465 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Canazei has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 2.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 2.1% of the land in Canazei, 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

Canazei 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Canazei, and one more has 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 Canazei: 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 Canazei 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 40 inhabited census areas in Canazei. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 50.7%
  • good 49.3%

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

ISTAT code 022039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.