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Dambel: 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 Saori' 1, Dambel.

Dambel, a village in the upper Val di Non

The upper Val di Non is an upland of meadows and woods dotted with compact villages, and Dambel is one of them, at around seven hundred and fifty metres. Cles is the main town of the valley for schools, shops and services; Trento and Bolzano are the cities people look to for work.

The population is younger than Trentino's as a whole: average age 44.5 against 45.4, and over-65s at 22.9% against 23.6% in the province. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 406 residents in 2023, down 6.7% since 2011, and households average 2.49 people. Foreign nationals are 6.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Homes are mostly village houses, often with former farm sections, plus newer single-family houses. The climate is zone F: insulation, windows and an efficient heating system shape household costs, so ask for the energy performance certificate before making an offer.

Dambel is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class on the scale used by Italy's Civil Protection Department, shared in Trentino with 14 other municipalities; the expected ground acceleration is about 0.050 g.

The land registry follows the tavolare system: ownership is recorded in the Land Book (Libro fondiario) and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for Trentino's municipalities. The report cannot link the address to a land parcel and says so, while landslides and torrent floods are checked at the spot on the official maps.

Key points

  • Small village in the upper Val di Non, around 750 metres up.
  • Average age 44.5, below the provincial 45.4.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.050 g.
  • Tavolare land registry, no Revenue Agency maps.

Overview

Dambel is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 406 residents, among the smallest in the province (152 of 166).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dambel is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 15 of 166 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 6.7%. 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 6.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dambel declared an average taxable income of 13,218 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dambel is in climate zone F, with 3,562 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 751 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Dambel has 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 green area.

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 3.9% of the land in Dambel, 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

Dambel 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 Dambel.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Dambel: 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 Dambel 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 5 inhabited census areas in Dambel. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 022071. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.