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Telve di Sopra: 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 Tre Novembre 1, Telve di Sopra.

Telve di Sopra, on the Valsugana slopes below the Lagorai

Above Telve, on the northern side of Valsugana, the village of Telve di Sopra looks down on the valley floor where the main road and the railway between Trento and Bassano del Grappa run. Behind it, woods and pastures climb towards the Lagorai range. Borgo Valsugana, just below, is the local centre for schools, the hospital and shops, while Trento is reached along the valley.

This is a mountain municipality with cold winters (climate zone F). For buyers, what matters is sun exposure, insulation, the type of heating and winter access, especially for the scattered houses higher up. Elevation, slope and the official landslide and flood maps are read in the report for the exact address.

The population is stable: 620 residents in 2023, against 617 in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics institute. The average age is 46.9, a little above the 45.4 of the province of Trento, and over-65s make up 25.3%. Foreign residents account for 5.0%. Average declared income is below the provincial average.

Telve di Sopra is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 147 of the 166 municipalities in Trentino, with expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.094 g. The hazard is moderate, but in old stone and timber houses it is still worth having the roof and floors checked.

There is one important difference from most of Italy. In Trentino property is recorded in the land register (Libro fondiario, the so-called tavolare system), and the cadastral maps are not published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). The report therefore cannot trace the address to its land parcel and says so; ownership records are requested from the land register offices.

Key points

  • Village on the northern side of Valsugana, above Telve.
  • 620 residents in 2023, population stable since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.094 g.
  • Tavolare land register: Revenue Agency maps not published.

Overview

Telve di Sopra is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 620 residents, ranked 136 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Telve di Sopra 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 0.094 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 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Telve di Sopra declared an average taxable income of 23,166 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Telve di Sopra is in climate zone F, with 3,405 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 650 metres above sea level.

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 1.4% of the land in Telve di Sopra, 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

Telve di Sopra 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 contaminated sites in Telve di Sopra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Telve di Sopra: 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 Telve di Sopra 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 11 inhabited census areas in Telve di Sopra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 7.2%
  • good 92.8%

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 022189. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.