Giovo: 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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Giovo, vineyards and hamlets at the start of Val di Cembra
Giovo is a municipality in lower Val di Cembra, the Avisio valley north-east of Trento. It has no compact main town: it is a group of hamlets spread over the valley terraces, surrounded by stepped vineyards held up by dry-stone walls. One of them is Palù di Giovo, home village of the Moser cycling family. For work and services people look to Trento, reached by car down towards the Adige valley.
Buyers should pick the hamlet carefully, as sun exposure, altitude and distance from the main road all vary. The climate is zone F, the coldest: winters are long and insulation matters more than elsewhere.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,512 residents in 2023, up 1.9% since 2011. It is a fairly young community, with an average age of 43.8 against 45.4 in Trentino and 23.2% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 2.2%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.
Seismic hazard is low: Giovo is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 146 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.063 g. In older houses the roof, damp and systems matter most.
One important difference concerns the land registry. Trentino uses the tavolare system, with a land book (libro fondiario) kept by the Province, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish the parcel maps. So the report cannot trace the land parcel from the address, and ownership checks are made at the land book office. Slope and the official landslide and flood maps can still be checked for the chosen spot.
Key points
- Hamlets among the terraced vineyards of lower Val di Cembra
- 2,512 residents, up 1.9% since 2011
- Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency parcel maps
- Seismic zone 3, low hazard
Overview
Giovo is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,512 residents, ranked 52 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Giovo 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 0.063 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (45). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Giovo declared an average taxable income of 25,034 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Giovo is in climate zone F, with 3,059 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 496 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Giovo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 4.0% of the land in Giovo, 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
Giovo 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 open contaminated sites in Giovo; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Giovo: 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 Giovo 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 31 inhabited census areas in Giovo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 70.8%
- good 29.2%
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 022092. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.