Sella Giudicarie: 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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Sella Giudicarie, four villages between Tione and the Chiese valley
Sella Giudicarie is a young municipality, created in 2016 by merging Bondo, Breguzzo, Lardaro and Roncone, four villages of the Giudicarie in western Trentino. It lies along the road running from Tione down towards the Chiese valley and Lake Idro, in a stretch of valley between wooded mountains, meadows and small lakes. Each village has kept its own name and character.
Tione, a short way off, is the reference town for schools, the hospital and offices; Trento and Brescia are further and reached by car. Buyers find stone and timber village houses, flats in small blocks and some second homes used in summer or for mountain holidays. The villages are close together, but altitude and exposure vary.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,943 residents in 2023, up 0.9% since 2011, so essentially stable. The average age of 44.9 is just below the provincial 45.4, over-65s make up 24.4% and foreign nationals 3.9%. Average incomes are below the Trentino figure.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 and the expected ground acceleration is 0.082 g. In mountain houses, insulation, the roof and the heating system matter most, because winters are long. Here too the tavolare land register applies: the Revenue Agency does not publish parcel maps, the report says so, and checks go through the Libro fondiario, the local land book. Landslides and stream flooding are checked for the address on the official maps.
Key points
- Formed from Bondo, Breguzzo, Lardaro and Roncone.
- Between Tione and the Chiese valley, near Lake Idro.
- 2,943 residents, average age 44.9.
- Tavolare land register; seismic zone 3, acceleration 0.082 g.
Overview
Sella Giudicarie is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,943 residents, ranked 45 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sella Giudicarie 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 0.082 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sella Giudicarie declared an average taxable income of 24,009 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sella Giudicarie is in climate zone F, with 3,704 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 842 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sella Giudicarie has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.
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 1.3% of the land in Sella Giudicarie, compared with 3.1% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sella Giudicarie 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 Sella Giudicarie; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sella Giudicarie: 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 Sella Giudicarie 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 37 inhabited census areas in Sella Giudicarie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 81.0%
- good 18.9%
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 022246. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.