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Monguelfo-Tesido: 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 Riva di Sotto 1, Monguelfo-Tesido.

Monguelfo-Tesido, upper Pusteria at the mouth of Val Casies

Monguelfo-Tesido joins two different villages in the upper Val Pusteria. Monguelfo lies on the valley floor along the Rienza river, overlooked by a castle, and is where the Val Casies branches off. Tesido sits higher up on the sunny slope, with farmsteads and sloping meadows. As in most of the valley, German is the main language.

Monguelfo has a station on the Pusteria railway between Fortezza and San Candido, so you can get to Brunico and Bressanone without a car. Buyers face a small market in demand, made up of flats in shared houses, farmsteads and traditional homes. Find out early about the provincial rules that reserve part of the housing stock for residents. Winters are long and cold, so the building's energy efficiency has a real effect on running costs.

There were 2,906 residents in 2023, up 3.9% since 2011. The mean age is 42.9, close to South Tyrol's 43.4, 19.6% are over 65 and foreign nationals make up 8.6%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Earthquakes are not a worry: the whole province is in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration here of 0.058 g. The land register is what matters. South Tyrol uses the tavolare system and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish its parcel maps, so the report cannot show the cadastral plot and says so; ownership and boundaries are checked in the Libro fondiario, the land book. The official landslide, avalanche and Rienza flood maps are still worth checking for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Val Pusteria, along the Rienza
  • Station on the Fortezza-San Candido railway
  • Up 3.9% since 2011
  • Tavolare land register, seismic zone 4

Overview

Monguelfo-Tesido is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,906 residents, ranked 55 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monguelfo-Tesido 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 0.058 g, a moderate 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 3.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

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

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Monguelfo-Tesido has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 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 51 public transport stops, served by 8 bus lines, 1 train line. That is about 17.5 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.7% of the land in Monguelfo-Tesido, compared with 2.7% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Monguelfo-Tesido is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Bolzano 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 open contaminated sites in Monguelfo-Tesido; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monguelfo-Tesido: 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 Monguelfo-Tesido 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 43 inhabited census areas in Monguelfo-Tesido. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 11.5%
  • good 73.9%
  • very good 14.4%

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 021052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.