Cinte Tesino: 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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Cinte Tesino, on the Tesino upland above Valsugana
The Tesino upland opens above eastern Valsugana, a basin of meadows and woods ringed by mountains, and Cinte Tesino is one of the villages on it, above eight hundred metres. Houses are gathered in a compact core, with farmsteads scattered over the meadows. For secondary schools, hospitals and work you go down into Valsugana and on towards Borgo Valsugana or Trento, and in winter the road needs care.
The first issue for a buyer, here as across Trentino, is the land register. The area uses the catasto tavolare system: ownership is shown by entry in the land book (libro fondiario), and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for these municipalities. The report flags this in its cadastre section; for details of the plot you need the land book office and the cadastre of the Autonomous Province.
Then there is the mountain. The climate zone is F, with long, snowy winters, so judge a house on sun exposure, insulation, heating and access. On slopes and near streams the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the exact address.
In 2023 there were 350 residents, down 5.9% on the 372 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 49.8, against 45.4 in the province of Trento, and over-65s make up 29.1%, more than the provincial 23.6%. Foreign residents are 9.1%.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.113 g in the built-up area. In an old farmstead what matters most is a roof that carries the snow and the state of the beams.
Key points
- Village on the Tesino upland, above eastern Valsugana.
- Land book system: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
- Over-65s at 29.1%, against 23.6% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.113 g.
Overview
Cinte Tesino is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 350 residents, among the smallest in the province (157 of 166).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cinte Tesino 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 0.113 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 5.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cinte Tesino declared an average taxable income of 22,932 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cinte Tesino is in climate zone F, with 3,718 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 851 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 0.8% of the land in Cinte Tesino, 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
Cinte Tesino 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 low. 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 Cinte Tesino.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cinte Tesino: 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 Cinte Tesino 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 8 inhabited census areas in Cinte Tesino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 82.2%
- good 17.8%
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 022059. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.