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Ledro: 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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For example: Via Val Maria 1, Ledro.

Ledro, the lake and valley above Riva del Garda

The municipality of Ledro covers most of the Val di Ledro, the valley that climbs west behind Riva del Garda at the top of Lake Garda. It was created in 2010 by merging six municipalities: Bezzecca, Concei, Molina di Ledro, Pieve di Ledro, Tiarno di Sopra and Tiarno di Sotto. At its heart is Lake Ledro, with beaches, campsites and the pile-dwelling museum at Molina, linked to the prehistoric remains that belong to the UNESCO site of pile dwellings around the Alps.

Buying here means choosing mid-mountain life, with cold winters and a busy tourist summer. The villages are small and quite different: Molina and Pieve on the lake, then Bezzecca and the two Tiarno villages towards the head of the valley, and the more compact hamlets of the side valley, Val Concei. Part of the housing stock is second homes and holiday flats. Riva del Garda remains the place for secondary schools, shopping and work.

There were 5,387 people living in Ledro in 2023, according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 1.1% on 2011. The average age is 45.3 (45.4 in the province of Trento); over-65s make up 22.9% and foreign residents 6.2%. In winter the valley is mostly left to residents, while summer brings the holidaymakers.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the classification by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), like 147 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.120 g. In old stone village houses, often renovated several times, ask what has been done to the roof, floors and load-bearing walls. In the mountains, sun exposure, the weight of snow and heating costs also count.

Trentino uses the libro fondiario, a land register of Austrian origin. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish parcel maps for Ledro, so the report cannot trace the plot from the address and says so plainly; ownership is checked at the land register office. Landslide and mountain-stream hazards are still checked at the exact location of the house.

Key points

  • Val di Ledro, a single municipality formed from six in 2010.
  • Austrian-style land register: ownership is checked at the libro fondiario.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.120 g.
  • 5,387 residents, down 1.1% since 2011.

Overview

Ledro is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 5,387 residents, among the most populous in the province (15 of 166).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ledro 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 0.120 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 fallen by 1.1%. 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 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ledro declared an average taxable income of 24,281 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ledro is in climate zone F, with 3,575 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 759 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ledro has 4 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 1 sports facility and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 1.6% of the land in Ledro, 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

Ledro 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 Ledro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ledro: 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 Ledro 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 71 inhabited census areas in Ledro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 74.2%
  • good 25.8%

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 022229. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.