Primiero San Martino di Castrozza: 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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Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, from valley floor to the Pale
The municipality was created in 2016 by merging Fiera di Primiero, Siror, Tonadico and Transacqua, and it includes San Martino di Castrozza, the resort at the foot of the Pale di San Martino, one of the Dolomite groups listed by UNESCO. It is the main centre of Primiero, the Cismon valley in eastern Trentino, close to the border with the Veneto and easier to reach from Feltre than from Trento.
Everything changes between the valley floor and San Martino. Lower down are the villages where people live all year, with schools, shops and services for the whole valley; higher up, above a thousand metres, is a resort made up largely of hotels, holiday flats and second homes, crowded in winter and summer. Tourism shapes local services too: there are 17.60 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, against 5.89 for the province. If you buy up there, expect prices and daily life to follow the seasons.
There were 5,113 residents in 2023, 5.4% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 47.0 and over-65s make up 25.6%, against 23.6% for the province. Households average 2.12 people.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 147 municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.132 g. In the mountains, snow load on roofs, insulation and heating costs matter even more, given the long cold winters.
Property here comes under the tavolare system: in Trentino ownership is recorded in the land register (libro fondiario) and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish its cadastral maps, so the report cannot trace the plot from them and says so. Landslides on the slopes and flooding along the streams are still checked for the address.
Key points
- Created in 2016, includes Fiera di Primiero and San Martino di Castrozza.
- 5,113 residents, down 5.4% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.132 g.
- Tavolare land register: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
Overview
Primiero San Martino di Castrozza is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 5,113 residents, ranked 18 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Primiero San Martino di Castrozza 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 0.132 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 5.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Primiero San Martino di Castrozza declared an average taxable income of 24,681 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Primiero San Martino di Castrozza is in climate zone F, with 3,584 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 765 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Primiero San Martino di Castrozza has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 9 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).
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 1.3% of the land in Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, 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
Primiero San Martino di Castrozza 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 Primiero San Martino di Castrozza; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Primiero San Martino di Castrozza: 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 Primiero San Martino di Castrozza 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 76 inhabited census areas in Primiero San Martino di Castrozza. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 61.0%
- good 39.0%
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
- 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 022245. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.