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Ponte Gardena: 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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Ponte Gardena, at the mouth of Val Gardena on the Isarco

At the mouth of Val Gardena, where the stream coming down the valley joins the river Isarco, Ponte Gardena (Waidbruck in German) is a small valley-floor municipality at around four hundred and seventy metres, overlooked by Trostburg castle on the hillside. The Brenner railway and the A22 motorway run along the valley floor, and the road up into Val Gardena starts here. Bolzano and Bressanone (Brixen) are the reference towns for work and services.

It is a young and growing municipality. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 219 residents in 2023, against 195 in 2011, a rise of 12.3%. The estimated average age is 40.5, below the 43.4 of the province of Bolzano, and over-65s make up just 15.5%, against 20.6% provincially. Foreign residents account for 21.9%. Declared incomes are slightly below the South Tyrol average.

The land registry here follows the tavolare system: ownership and rights are recorded in the land book (Libro fondiario, Grundbuch), and the maps are kept by the autonomous province rather than the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), which does not publish the land parcels. The report says so and works on the address with the other data; for boundaries and ownership you need an extract from the land book. In a narrow valley like this, noise from the railway and motorway and closeness to the river also matter, and the report checks the official flood maps.

The earthquake picture is calm: all 116 municipalities in South Tyrol are in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.053 g. The village is served by bus routes, listed further down this page with their stops.

Key points

  • Small municipality at the mouth of Val Gardena, on the Isarco.
  • 219 residents in 2023, up 12.3% since 2011.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency maps.
  • Average age 40.5; over-65s at 15.5%.

Overview

Ponte Gardena is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 219 residents, among the smallest in the province (116 of 116).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ponte Gardena 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 0.053 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 12.3%. 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 21.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ponte Gardena declared an average taxable income of 26,225 euros, below the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ponte Gardena is in climate zone F, with 3,202 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 470 metres above sea level.

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 4 public transport stops, served by 6 bus lines. That is about 18.3 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.0% of the land in Ponte Gardena, 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

Ponte Gardena is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Ponte Gardena; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ponte Gardena: 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 Ponte Gardena 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 6 inhabited census areas in Ponte Gardena. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 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 021065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.