Cortina d'Ampezzo: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Cortina d'Ampezzo, the basin between the Tofane and Cristallo
Cortina d'Ampezzo fills the Ampezzo basin, the valley of the Boite enclosed by the Tofane, Cristallo and Faloria peaks, at more than twelve hundred metres. It hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and, together with Milan, the 2026 Games. Demand for second homes shapes the property market and keeps prices among the highest in the Italian Alps.
Buying here almost always means buying into a resort. Many homes stand empty for much of the year, and residents find affordable housing hard to come by. Shops, restaurants and sports facilities are far more numerous than average: the data count 117 places to eat and drink and 23 sports facilities. The climate is zone F, with long winters and high heating bills, and average declared incomes are well above those of the province of Belluno.
Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 5,529 residents in 2023, 361 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 6.1%. The average age is 50.5 against 48.6 for the province, over-65s make up 30.3%, and households are small at 1.92 people.
Cortina is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.080 g; elsewhere in the province 7 municipalities are in zone 1 and 27 in zone 2. For a block of flats or a house from the tourist boom years, ask for structural surveys, the energy certificate and the state of roofs and systems.
In the mountains geography matters more than earthquakes: landslides, debris flows in the gullies and avalanches affect parts of the area, and the report checks them on the official maps for the exact address. Cortina has another peculiarity. As in other lands that were once Austrian, property is recorded in the land book system (catasto tavolare). The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are still published, though, so the report can trace the plot.
Key points
- Ampezzo basin between the Tofane and Cristallo; 2026 Olympic venue.
- 5,529 residents, down 6.1% since 2011.
- 117 places to eat: a market shaped by second homes.
- Land book system, but with Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
Overview
Cortina d'Ampezzo is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,529 residents, ranked 9 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cortina d'Ampezzo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 26 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.080 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cortina d'Ampezzo declared an average taxable income of 33,661 euros, above the provincial average (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cortina d'Ampezzo is in climate zone F, with 4,433 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,211 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cortina d'Ampezzo has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 23 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.
There are 1.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).
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 1.7% of the land in Cortina d'Ampezzo, compared with 2.9% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.2 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Cortina d'Ampezzo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cortina d'Ampezzo: 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
Cortina d'Ampezzo uses the tavolare (land book) system, but the Revenue Agency still publishes the maps: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.
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 113 inhabited census areas in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 69.0%
- good 30.8%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 025016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.