Soraga di Fassa: 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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Soraga di Fassa, a Ladin village on the Avisio
Soraga di Fassa lies on the floor of the Val di Fassa, along the Avisio stream, at about 1,200 metres. Like the rest of the valley it is a Ladin community, speaking its own Alpine language, and it lives largely from tourism: skiing in the Dolomites in winter, walking and mountain holidays in summer. For hospitals and larger services people go down towards the Val di Fiemme or on to Bolzano and Trento.
Tourism shapes the housing market. Alongside the homes of year-round residents there are flats used for holidays or let to visitors. Winters are long, climate zone F: insulation, the heating system and actual consumption matter a great deal. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address along the Avisio and the side streams, and measures elevation and slope.
The population is relatively young. At the end of 2023 there were 717 residents, down 2.6% on 2011; the average age is 43.0 against 45.4 in the province and over-65s make up 19.4%. Foreign residents are 6.1%. Bars, restaurants and cafés number 11.
Soraga di Fassa is in seismic zone 3, together with 146 other municipalities in Trentino, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.068 g: a moderate hazard.
Trentino uses the tavolare land registry: ownership is recorded in a land book (libro fondiario) kept by the Province, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps. The report therefore cannot trace the land parcel from the address and says so, but it still checks the location of the house on the official maps.
Key points
- Ladin village in the Val di Fassa, at about 1,200 metres.
- Average age 43.0, below the provincial 45.4.
- 11 bars and restaurants, a sign of tourism.
- Tavolare land registry: checks in the land book.
Overview
Soraga di Fassa is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 717 residents, ranked 127 of 166 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Soraga di Fassa 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 fallen by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Soraga di Fassa declared an average taxable income of 23,008 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Soraga di Fassa is in climate zone F, with 4,294 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,220 metres above sea level.
Services
In the Overture Maps data, Soraga di Fassa has 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.
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 1.9% of the land in Soraga di Fassa, 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
Soraga di Fassa 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 Soraga di Fassa; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Soraga di Fassa: 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 Soraga di Fassa 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 15 inhabited census areas in Soraga di Fassa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.9%
- fair 98.1%
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 022176. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.