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Imer: 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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Imer, at the entrance to the Primiero valley

Coming up the Cismon valley from Feltre, you enter Primiero at Imer, the first Trentino village in the valley. The valley floor is narrow between steep wooded slopes, and higher up, beyond Fiera di Primiero, lie San Martino di Castrozza and the Pale di San Martino peaks. For schools, services and shops people use the centre of the valley; for the larger hospital and the railway they go down to Feltre, in the Veneto region.

The village is holding on to its population: 1,178 residents in 2023, almost as many as in 2011 (0.4% fewer, according to Istat, the national statistics office). The average age is 45.4, the same as in the province of Trento (45.4); over-65s make up 24.4% and foreign residents 2.1%. Declared incomes are below the Trentino average.

Housing is mostly village houses, often with a woodshed and vegetable garden, plus some holiday homes. Climate zone F means long, cold winters, with little sun on the valley floor in the darkest months. Heating, insulation and the roof are the first things to look at.

Imer is in seismic zone 3 of the national classification, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.132 g, a moderate value, so for an old masonry house it is worth having the floors and wall connections checked.

Trentino uses the tavolare land registry: ownership is entered in the land book, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps here. The report states this and cannot reach the land parcel from those maps, but it still checks landslides, mountain streams and slope for the address.

Key points

  • First Trentino village in Primiero, on the river Cismon.
  • Stable population: 0.4% fewer than in 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.132 g.
  • Tavolare registry: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Overview

Imer is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,178 residents, ranked 96 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Imer 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 0.132 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 2.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Imer declared an average taxable income of 22,653 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Imer is in climate zone F, with 3,436 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 670 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 2.3% of the land in Imer, 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

Imer is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Trento in 2026. 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 Imer; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Imer: 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 Imer 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 18 inhabited census areas in Imer. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.4%
  • fair 99.6%

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 022097. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.