Garniga Terme: 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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Garniga Terme, on Monte Bondone above the Adige valley
Monte Bondone is Trento's own mountain, and Garniga Terme sits on one of its slopes at around eight hundred metres, above the Adige valley. The village looks out over the valley to the mountains opposite; higher up lies the Viote, the broad upland plain near the top of the Bondone. The name recalls hay baths, a traditional treatment using grass from the mountain meadows.
Being close to Trento shapes daily life: many residents work in the city or the valley and drive back up in the evening. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 408 residents in 2023, up 7.1% on the 381 of 2011. The average age is 46.4 (provincial average 45.4), over-65s make up 24.3% and foreign nationals 5.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Homes are mostly village houses and houses with gardens, plus some second homes. At this height the climate is zone F, so external insulation, windows and the heating system drive running costs, and the winter drive needs factoring in.
The village is in seismic zone 3 on the scale used by Italy's Civil Protection Department, like 146 other municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.086 g. In an older house, have a surveyor explain how the roof structure and floors are built.
In the province of Trento, property is recorded in the Land Book (Libro fondiario) under the tavolare system, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps. The report therefore cannot reach the land parcel and says so; landslides and debris flows on the Bondone slopes are still checked at the exact spot on the official maps.
Key points
- Village on the slopes of Monte Bondone, above the Adige valley.
- Residents up 7.1% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.086 g.
- Tavolare system: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
Overview
Garniga Terme is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 408 residents, among the smallest in the province (151 of 166).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Garniga Terme 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 0.086 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 7.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Garniga Terme declared an average taxable income of 23,111 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Garniga Terme is in climate zone F, with 3,654 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 810 metres above sea level.
Services
In the Overture Maps data, Garniga Terme has 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.
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 2.6% of the land in Garniga Terme, 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
Garniga Terme 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 Garniga Terme.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Garniga Terme: 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 Garniga Terme 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 Garniga Terme. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 21.0%
- fair 79.0%
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
- 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 022091. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.