Porte di Rendena: 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 Quattro Novembre 1, Porte di Rendena.
Porte di Rendena, the gateway to Val Rendena
Porte di Rendena was created in 2016 by merging Darè, Vigo Rendena and Villa Rendena, the villages you meet at the mouth of Val Rendena when coming up from Tione di Trento. The name, meaning "gates of Rendena", fits the location: from here the Sarca valley continues towards Pinzolo and Madonna di Campiglio, between the Brenta Dolomites and the Adamello mountains.
The municipality is growing: there were 1,823 residents in 2023, up 3.8% on 2011, and the population is younger than the provincial average, with a mean age of 44.0 against 45.4 and over-65s at 20.9%. Foreign residents account for 8.5%.
Buyers find village houses in stone and timber, flats in small blocks and some holiday homes. Winters are long and cold, so insulation, windows and the heating system deserve careful assessment.
Porte di Rendena is in seismic zone 3, like 146 other municipalities in Trentino, with a low expected ground acceleration of 0.068 g.
One important difference concerns ownership. Trentino uses the tavolare system, a land register inherited from Austrian law: ownership is checked in the Libro fondiario (land book), not in the Revenue Agency cadastre, which does not publish parcel maps here. The report flags this and works with the other information for the address, such as the official landslide and flood maps and distances to services; for parcel data you need a land book search.
Key points
- Created in 2016 from Darè, Vigo Rendena and Villa Rendena.
- Population up 3.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.068 g.
- Tavolare system: ownership is checked in the land book.
Overview
Porte di Rendena is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,823 residents, ranked 65 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Porte di Rendena 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 0.068 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 3.8%. 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 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Porte di Rendena declared an average taxable income of 24,397 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Porte di Rendena is in climate zone F, with 3,345 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 612 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Porte di Rendena has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.
The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 1.6% of the land in Porte di Rendena, 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
Porte di Rendena 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 open contaminated sites in Porte di Rendena; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Porte di Rendena: 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 Porte di Rendena 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 27 inhabited census areas in Porte di Rendena. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 14.2%
- fair 73.6%
- good 12.2%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Provincia autonoma di Trento, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 022244. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.