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Tenno: 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: Frazione Villa Canale 2, Tenno.

Tenno, its lake and the village of Canale above Riva del Garda

Above Riva del Garda the road climbs towards a small green lake and a castle: this is Tenno, in the Trentino part of the upper Garda area. The municipality is a group of hamlets spread over terraces among olive groves, vineyards and woods, and one of them is Canale, the medieval stone village known well beyond Trentino. Riva and Arco are a few kilometres away, with jobs, schools and services.

The housing market feels the pull of Lake Garda. Next to main homes there are flats and rustic houses used for holidays, and the historic villages have planning rules that limit what can be changed on the outside. Climate, aspect and travel times differ between the lower hamlets, closer to Riva, and the higher ones, so it pays to compare specific addresses.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, counts 2,031 residents in 2023, up 3.3% since 2011. The average age is 45.4, the same as the province, 23.5% are over 65 and foreign residents make up 7.7%. Declared incomes are above the Trentino average.

One thing to know before buying concerns the land registry. Trentino uses the tavolare system, of Austrian origin, where ownership is entered in the Land Book (Libro fondiario), and the Revenue Agency does not publish plot maps here. The report says so and points to the land registry office and the provincial cadastre for the boundaries of the plot.

Tenno is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.115 g in the built-up area. In the stone houses of the old villages, look at the roof and the ties between walls and floors; on the slopes, the report checks the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Garda area of Trentino, with Lake Tenno and Canale.
  • Population up 3.3% since 2011.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency plot maps.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.115 g.

Overview

Tenno is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,031 residents, ranked 60 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tenno 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 0.115 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 grown by 3.3%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tenno declared an average taxable income of 26,882 euros, in line with the province (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tenno is in climate zone F, with 3,058 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 428 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tenno has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 2.9% of the land in Tenno, 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

Tenno 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 contaminated sites in Tenno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tenno: 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 Tenno 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 32 inhabited census areas in Tenno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 99.9%

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

ISTAT code 022191. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.