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Fornace: 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: Villaggio Pian del Gac' 1, Fornace.

Fornace, the porphyry hills above Trento

Porphyry, the reddish stone used to pave streets and squares, has shaped the land around Fornace: the village sits in the hills east of Trento, on the road climbing towards the Piné plateau, and the quarries are visible among the meadows and woods. Trento is within commuting distance by car.

Compared with the Trentino average the population here is younger and older people are fewer, the sign of a village chosen by families. For buyers, what matters is distance from the quarry areas, because of noise and lorries, and the orientation of the house: the altitude is around seven hundred metres and winters are cold (climate zone F).

Fornace has 1,341 residents (2023), up 1.5% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 43.3 against 45.4 in the province, over-65s are 19.3% (23.6% in the province) and foreign residents 7.8%. Households have 2.45 members on average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like most of Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.067 g. In older houses, insulation, the state of the roof and damp in walls set against the ground matter most.

Trentino uses the tavolare land register, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish parcel maps here. The report says so and uses the other data available for the address, while land boundaries and rights are recorded in the Libro fondiario, the local land book.

Key points

  • Porphyry-quarrying village in the hills east of Trento.
  • 1,341 residents, up 1.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.3, below the provincial 45.4.
  • Tavolare land register: no Revenue Agency maps.

Overview

Fornace is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,341 residents, ranked 89 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fornace 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 grown by 1.5%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fornace declared an average taxable income of 24,185 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fornace is in climate zone F, with 3,545 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 740 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fornace has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.7 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 13.7% of the land in Fornace, 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

Fornace 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Fornace, and 2 more have 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 Fornace: 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 Fornace 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 15 inhabited census areas in Fornace. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 25.2%
  • good 74.8%

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

ISTAT code 022089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.