Cavaion’s Population Growth: Trends, Industry, and Future Outlook

In 1999, Cavaion surpassed 4,000 inhabitants. Last year, the demographic data confirmed a trend that has been ongoing for the past thirty years, with the town’s population increasing overall by 126 residents. This growth also exceeded the 1998 increase, which was 112 residents, reaching a total of 4,065 inhabitants.

There were 55 new births compared to 26 deaths, but more notably, 237 immigrants versus 140 emigrants, and the resident families reached a number of 1,544 compared to 1,481 in 1998.

History and population development

“After the emigration ceased in the early 1960s, Cavaion, thanks to the construction of several industries and laboratories, became an attractive center drawing a gradual influx of immigrants, leading to a population increase that reached 2,234 residents in 1971,” explains Mayor Giancarlo Sabini.

“In the 1970s, Cavaion experienced a rapid population increase due to industrial development that attracted immigrants from the lake area and neighboring towns, reaching 3,089 residents in 1981. The growth continued into the next decade, albeit at a slower pace, reaching 3,702 residents in 1995 and surpassing 4,000 today.”

Trends and future outlook

The population increased by a total of 82% from 1971 to 1999, while the population density reached 332 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Cavaion, initially an entirely agricultural village, has become in just a few years a center of small and medium-sized industries, skilled craftsmanship, and residential tourism.

Urban planning and tourism considerations

“This trend of demographic growth is also affecting the municipalities of Affi and Costermano and can be explained by the widespread presence of industrial and commercial entities in the inland area of Lake Garda, which forms a significant attraction compared to the lake’s towns themselves.

I believe that it is contrary to logic to attempt to exclude the inland municipalities of Lake Garda from the tourist area, as the Region is currently doing with its recent law on commercial facilities, penalizing us because we do not reach the 1,500 bed limit for tourism,” Sabini continues.

“Along with Affi and Pastrengo, we are exploring the possibility of creating a tourist association with the contribution of Comunità del Garda, to include us in this economic zone, as has been done with the ‘walled cities’ or towns within mountain communities, and not to unfairly marginalize us from a tourism industry that relies heavily on passing through our municipalities to reach the lake,” concludes the mayor with a note of criticism.