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Pelugo: 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 Nazionale 1, Pelugo.

Pelugo, at the entrance to the Val Rendena

At the entrance to the Val Rendena, just north of Tione di Trento, Pelugo occupies the valley floor along the Sarca at around 650 metres, a compact village with meadows rising towards the woods. It is one of the villages of the lower Rendena, handy for Tione and the Giudicarie valleys, and a short drive from the ski resorts of Pinzolo and Madonna di Campiglio.

The population here has grown: in 2023 there were 397 residents, up 4.7% on 2011. It is also younger than the Trentino average, with an estimated average age of 44.3 against 45.4 and over-65s at 21.4% against 23.6%. Households average 2.09 people and foreign residents account for 7.6%.

The market includes traditional houses, flats and recent homes. For older houses, insulation, windows and the heating system matter, because in climate zone F winters are long. Near the river and side streams, look carefully at where the plot sits.

Pelugo is in seismic zone 3 of the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 146 other municipalities in the province of Trento, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.065 g. Avalanches, landslides and Sarca floods are checked for each address on the official maps.

As throughout Trentino, the land registry is a land book system (catasto tavolare): ownership is recorded in the Libro fondiario and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps are not published here. The report says so and works with the other data available for the address.

Key points

  • Lower Val Rendena, on the Sarca valley floor near Tione.
  • Population up 4.7% since 2011.
  • Average age 44.3, below the provincial 45.4.
  • Land book system: ownership recorded in the Libro fondiario.

Overview

Pelugo is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 397 residents, among the smallest in the province (154 of 166).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pelugo 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 0.065 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pelugo declared an average taxable income of 24,280 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pelugo is in climate zone F, with 3,408 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 652 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pelugo has 1 grocery shop.

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 0.5% of the land in Pelugo, 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

Pelugo 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 Pelugo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pelugo: 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 Pelugo 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 3 inhabited census areas in Pelugo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 022138. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.