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Torcegno: 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 Frazione Campestrini 1, Torcegno.

Torcegno, above the floor of the Valsugana

Torcegno is a hillside village in the Valsugana, at about 770 metres, above the floor of the Brenta valley and on the lower slopes of the Lagorai mountains. It looks down on the valley, with meadows, woods and scattered farmsteads around the centre. Below run the Valsugana main road and the Trento to Bassano railway, leading to Borgo Valsugana, Trento and the Veneto.

Buying in Torcegno means choosing a quiet residential village, where secondary schools, hospital care and most shops are down in the valley. Houses are mainly detached homes and old rural buildings to renovate. At this altitude winters are cold and heating costs add up. On the slope, the report measures the elevation and gradient of the plot and reads the official landslide and debris-flow maps, along with flooding along the streams.

The population is steady: 692 residents in 2023, just 5 fewer than in 2011. The average age is 47.1 against 45.4 in the province of Trento, over-65s make up 24.9% and households have 2.25 people on average. Foreign residents are few, 1.2%, and average declared income is below the provincial level.

Torcegno is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 146 other municipalities in Trentino, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.089 g. For an old rural house, what counts is the roof, insulation, heating and the permits for any change of use.

Trentino's tavolare system applies here too: ownership is entered in the Land Book (Libro fondiario) and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for Torcegno. The report therefore does not trace the plot and says so plainly, while the other checks on the address still work. For boundaries and easements, ask for the land register extract.

Key points

  • Hillside village in the Valsugana, below the Lagorai mountains.
  • Steady population: 692 residents, average age 47.1.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.089 g.
  • Tavolare land registry: Revenue Agency maps not published.

Overview

Torcegno is a municipality in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 692 residents, ranked 131 of 166 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torcegno 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 0.089 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 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torcegno declared an average taxable income of 22,414 euros, below the provincial average (25,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torcegno is in climate zone F, with 3,590 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 769 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 2.0% of the land in Torcegno, 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

Torcegno 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 Torcegno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torcegno: 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 Torcegno 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 18 inhabited census areas in Torcegno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 022202. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.