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Carzano: 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 Diciotto Settembre 0, Carzano.

Carzano, a small Valsugana municipality on the land book system

Anyone buying in Carzano needs to know one thing first: in Trentino, ownership is recorded in the Land Book (Libro fondiario), a system inherited from Austrian rule, and the cadastral maps are published by the Autonomous Province of Trento, not by the national Revenue Agency. The report therefore cannot trace the land parcel from the address on its own, and it says so clearly; all the other checks work as they do elsewhere.

The village lies in the Valsugana, at around 430 metres, a short way from Borgo Valsugana, the local centre for schools, shops and services. Carzano's name is tied to a 1917 episode of the First World War, remembered in Italy as the "dream of Carzano".

The population is steady, in fact slightly growing: 511 residents in 2023, up 1.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. Households have 2.49 members on average; the mean age is 46.8, just above the provincial 45.4, and foreign residents are 5.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Carzano is in seismic zone 3, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.094 g. The climate zone is F, so with any house you are considering, check insulation, windows and heating first, together with how much winter sun it gets.

On the valley slopes, the hazard from landslides and debris flows should be checked on the official maps for the exact spot, as should flooding near watercourses. The report does this from the coordinates of the address, even without the parcel.

Key points

  • Valsugana, at around 430 metres, near Borgo Valsugana.
  • Land Book system: maps from the Province, not the Revenue Agency.
  • 511 residents in 2023, up 1.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.094 g.

Overview

Carzano is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 511 residents, ranked 144 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carzano 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 1.2%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 5.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carzano declared an average taxable income of 22,188 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carzano is in climate zone F, with 3,066 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 433 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 11.3% of the land in Carzano, 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

Carzano 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 contaminated sites in Carzano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carzano: 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 Carzano 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 6 inhabited census areas in Carzano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 38.6%
  • good 61.4%

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 022043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.