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Mazzin: 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: Streda de Rotic 197, Mazzin.

Mazzin, a Ladin village in the Val di Fassa

The Val di Fassa is one of the Ladin valleys of the Dolomites, and Mazzin lies on its valley floor along the river Avisio, at almost fourteen hundred metres. Ladin, an old Romance language of these valleys, has official recognition and is spoken in the village; around it are meadows, conifer woods and the mountains that draw visitors to the valley in both winter and summer.

Tourism shapes the property market too. Alongside residents' homes there are holiday flats and second homes, and the valley's ski lifts are a short drive away. Winters are long and snowy (climate zone F, the coldest band): insulation, heating and running costs weigh heavily when assessing a property.

Unlike many small mountain municipalities, Mazzin has grown: 601 residents in 2023, 21.7% more than the 494 of 2011. The population is younger than in the province of Trento as a whole: an average age of 43.8 against 45.4, and over-65s at 18.8% against 23.6%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 146 other municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of around 0.066 g. For a house built before current standards, ask for the structural drawings and details of any work done.

The land registry works differently here. Trentino uses the tavolare system, with the land book kept by the Province, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps, so the report cannot link the address to its land parcel and says so. Landslides and stream floods are still checked at the exact location using the official maps available.

Key points

  • Ladin village on the Val di Fassa floor, along the Avisio.
  • 601 residents, up 21.7% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 18.8%, against 23.6% in the province.
  • Tavolare land register: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Overview

Mazzin is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 601 residents, ranked 137 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mazzin 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 0.066 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 21.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mazzin declared an average taxable income of 24,251 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mazzin is in climate zone F, with 4,773 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,372 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Mazzin has 1 green area.

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 1.4% of the land in Mazzin, 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

Mazzin 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 Mazzin.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mazzin: 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 Mazzin 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 23 inhabited census areas in Mazzin. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.8%
  • fair 88.8%
  • good 6.5%

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 022113. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.