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Castel Ivano: 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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Castel Ivano.

Castel Ivano, a new municipality in lower Valsugana

Castel Ivano is a young municipality: it was created by merging several municipalities in lower Valsugana, in eastern Trentino, and brings together villages that each keep their own centre and history. The area runs from the floor of the Brenta valley, with fields, orchards and business areas, up to slopes and woods climbing towards the mountains north of the valley.

For a buyer, it pays to think village by village. On the valley floor there are detached houses, newer homes and the main valley roads, with Borgo Valsugana as the nearby service centre and Trento reachable along the main road. On the slopes there are stone village houses, colder and sometimes with steep access. Check the address and hamlet carefully, because after the merger names and street numbers can cause confusion in older documents.

There were 3,277 residents in 2023, down 3.1% on 2011 counting the merged municipalities together, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 45.4 is the same as the province's (45.4), and over-65s are 23.1%. Foreign residents make up 6.9%.

Castel Ivano is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like most of Trentino, with an expected acceleration of about 0.101 g. In older houses, roofs, floors and walls matter most.

Property is recorded in the tavolare system: the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are not published, and ownership and boundaries are checked at the land register (libro fondiario). Between the Brenta and the slopes, the report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Municipality formed by a merger in lower Valsugana.
  • 3,277 residents, down 3.1% since 2011.
  • Tavolare land register: ownership at the libro fondiario.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.101 g.

Overview

Castel Ivano is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 3,277 residents, ranked 35 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castel Ivano 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 0.101 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 3.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 6.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castel Ivano declared an average taxable income of 23,985 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castel Ivano is in climate zone F, with 3,253 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 553 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castel Ivano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 4.4% of the land in Castel Ivano, compared with 3.1% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Castel Ivano 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 contaminated sites in Castel Ivano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castel Ivano: 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 Castel Ivano 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 49 inhabited census areas in Castel Ivano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 77.3%
  • good 22.7%

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 022240. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.