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Mezzano: 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 Roma 0, Mezzano.

Mezzano, in the Primiero valley

Mezzano is one of the villages of the Primiero valley, in eastern Trentino, the basin crossed by the Cismon stream and closed off by the Pale di San Martino peaks. It lies at around 640 metres, with a centre of old houses with haylofts and courtyards, surrounded by meadows and woods climbing towards the mountains.

The valley lives on tourism, crafts and services, with San Martino di Castrozza a little further up for skiing and summer hiking. Buyers here find village houses, often with woodsheds and haylofts still standing, flats in small blocks and some holiday homes. The valley is far from the large towns: Trento and Feltre are reached by car on mountain roads. In climate zone F winters are long, so heating costs need to be budgeted for.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,585 residents in 2023, down 1.9% on 2011. The average age is 46.0, against 45.4 in the province of Trento, and foreign residents are few, at 1.8%.

Mezzano is in seismic zone 3, like 146 other municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.134 g. The hazard is moderate; in the mountains, slopes, streams and landslides also matter a great deal, and the report reads them on the official maps for each address.

Trentino uses the land book system (catasto tavolare): the Revenue Agency does not publish cadastral maps here, and ownership is checked in the land register, with the notary, before completion.

Key points

  • Primiero valley, below the Pale di San Martino.
  • Long winters, climate zone F.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.134 g.
  • Land book system: ownership in the land register.

Overview

Mezzano is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,585 residents, ranked 71 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mezzano 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 0.134 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 1.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mezzano declared an average taxable income of 23,403 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mezzano is in climate zone F, with 3,389 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 640 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mezzano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

There are 3.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 Mezzano, 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

Mezzano 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 Mezzano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mezzano: 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 Mezzano 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 20 inhabited census areas in Mezzano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 19.6%
  • good 80.4%

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 022115. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.