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Storo: 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 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Storo.

Storo, polenta flour and the Chiese plain near Lake Idro

Storo's yellow maize flour, milled from corn grown on the valley plain, has reached kitchens all over Italy and made the name of this municipality in south-western Trentino. Storo lies in the Chiese valley, in the Giudicarie area, where the valley opens into a farmed plain a few kilometres from Lake Idro and the border with the province of Brescia. Besides the main village it includes hamlets such as Darzo and Lodrone, and steep wooded slopes rise above the plain.

Being on the border shows in daily life: for work, shopping and services, Brescia and Lombardy are often closer than Trento. Buyers will find village houses, often with converted cellars and barns, and newer homes on the edges of the plain. Winters are long and cold (climate zone F), so insulation and the heating system weigh on value.

There are 4,482 residents, down 3.7% on 2011. The average age is 45.8, close to the province of Trento (45.4), and foreign residents make up 5.8%. Declared incomes are slightly below the Trentino average.

Storo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like most municipalities in Trentino (147 of 166), with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.126 g. The mountain risks are more concrete: landslides and debris flows on the slopes and flooding along the Chiese and its side streams, which the report checks for the individual address.

Property records work differently here from the rest of Italy. Trentino uses the tavolare system, where ownership is checked in the land book, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps, so the report cannot trace the land parcel from the address and says so clearly.

Key points

  • Chiese valley, famous maize flour, near Lake Idro.
  • 4,482 residents, down 3.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3; check landslides and Chiese floods.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency maps.

Overview

Storo is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 4,482 residents, ranked 23 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Storo 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 0.126 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Storo declared an average taxable income of 23,735 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Storo is in climate zone F, with 3,029 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 409 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Storo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 3.3% of the land in Storo, compared with 3.1% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Storo 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 Storo; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Storo: 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 Storo 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 43 inhabited census areas in Storo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 97.3%
  • good 2.7%

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 022183. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.