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Molveno: 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: Via Belvedere 1, Molveno.

Molveno, a lake at the foot of the Brenta Dolomites

The lake gives Molveno its name and much of its work. The village sits at the northern end of Lake Molveno, with the walls of the Brenta Dolomites rising straight behind it, and lives on tourism in both summer and winter: footpaths to the Brenta mountain huts start here, as do the lifts up to the slopes above the lake.

Tourism shows in the figures too. There are 34 bars and restaurants on record, 30.04 per 1,000 residents against 5.89 for the province. Alongside residents' homes, buyers will find plenty of holiday flats and second homes, with prices and rents that follow the seasons. Molveno is in climate zone F, the coldest in Italy's classification, so heating, insulation and dealing with snow carry real weight.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 1,132 residents in 2023, up 2.0% on 2011. The estimated average age is 46.4, against 45.4 for Trentino, and households are small, with 2.03 members on average. Foreign residents make up 7.2%.

Anyone buying here should know that Trentino uses the tavolare system, a land registry inherited from Austrian rule. Rights and transfers of ownership are recorded in the Libro fondiario (land book), and parcels do not appear on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps. For a Molveno address the report therefore states that the cadastral plot is unavailable and carries on with the rest of its checks. Ask the notary for the land book extract early in the negotiation.

Earthquake hazard is limited: the Civil Protection Department places Molveno in zone 3, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in Trentino, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.060 g. In a village between lake and mountains, landslides and rockfall on the slopes matter more; the official maps record them and the report checks them for each address.

Key points

  • Lake and Brenta Dolomites, with summer and winter tourism.
  • 34 bars and restaurants, far above the provincial rate.
  • Tavolare land registry: plots are not on the Revenue Agency maps.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.060 g.

Overview

Molveno is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,132 residents, ranked 101 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Molveno 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 0.060 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 2.0%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Molveno declared an average taxable income of 24,501 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Molveno is in climate zone F, with 3,740 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 865 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Molveno has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

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 1.5% of the land in Molveno, 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

Molveno 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 Molveno; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Molveno: 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 Molveno 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 9 inhabited census areas in Molveno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 77.7%
  • good 22.3%

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 022120. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.