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Meltina: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, 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 Möltner 1, Meltina.

Meltina, the Salto plateau above the Adige valley

Meltina, Mölten in German, sits on the Salto plateau above the Adige valley between Bolzano and Merano, more than a thousand metres up. It is a landscape of meadows, larch woods and scattered farmsteads, with the main village and a few hamlets on the plateau. You drive up on a mountain road, and there is also a cable link to the valley floor, handy for people who work in Bolzano or in the villages along the Adige.

As everywhere in South Tyrol, property follows its own rules. The land registry is the tavolare system, based on the land book (libro fondiario), and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps, so the report works from the address but cannot trace the land parcel. Many new homes carry residence or price-controlled housing restrictions, to be clarified at the town hall before negotiating. The climate zone is F, with long, cold winters.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,734 residents in 2023, up 5.2% on 2011. The population is young, with an average age of 41.1 against 43.4 in the province, over-65s at 16.3% and households of 2.53 people on average. Foreign residents make up 4.1%.

For public transport, the municipality has 49 stops, with 2 bus lines and 1 cable link; the report measures the distance from the address to the nearest stop.

Earthquake hazard is low, seismic zone 4 like all 116 municipalities in the province of Bolzano. On a mountain plateau the official maps of landslides and debris flows matter more, and the report checks them for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Salto plateau, above the Adige valley between Bolzano and Merano.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
  • Residents up 5.2% since 2011, over-65s at 16.3%.
  • 2 bus lines and a cable link down to the valley.

Overview

Meltina is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,734 residents, ranked 81 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Meltina is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 116 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.047 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 5.2%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Meltina declared an average taxable income of 27,498 euros, in line with the province (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Meltina is in climate zone F, with 4,186 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,140 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Meltina has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.2 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 49 public transport stops, served by 2 bus lines, 1 funicular line. That is about 28.3 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.8% of the land in Meltina, compared with 2.7% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Meltina is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Bolzano 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 Meltina.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Meltina: 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 Meltina 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 27 inhabited census areas in Meltina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 34.3%
  • good 65.7%

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 021050. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.