Ponte nelle Alpi: 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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Ponte nelle Alpi, where the A27 ends and the Piave valley opens
Drivers heading from Venice to Belluno and the Cadore leave the A27 motorway right here, where it ends, in the municipality of Ponte nelle Alpi. The town lies on the bank of the Piave north-east of Belluno, where the river valley meets the road up to the Cadore and the one to the Alpago and Lake Santa Croce. In the hamlet of Polpet is the station where the railway lines to Belluno and Calalzo and to Conegliano meet.
For buyers, location is the strong point: Belluno is a few minutes away, the Veneto plain is reached by motorway and the mountains are right behind. The municipality is made up of hamlets spread across the valley floor and the slopes, with family houses, villas and a few blocks of flats. Climate zone F means long, cold winters, and heating costs should be weighed as carefully as the purchase price.
The population is shrinking: 7,920 residents in 2023, 5.6% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. Ponte nelle Alpi still ranks 5 in the province by population. The estimated average age is 47.9, a little below the 48.6 of the province of Belluno, and over-65s make up 26.3% against 28.1% provincially. Foreign residents account for 5.4%.
What surprises many is the earthquake risk. The Alpago basin and its surroundings are among the most hazardous areas in the Veneto: Ponte nelle Alpi is in seismic zone 1, the highest band in the Civil Protection classification, like only 7 municipalities in the province. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.234 g. Before buying, ask for the year of the structural design and any checks on the structure, and look at the state incentives for seismic strengthening together with those for insulation.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report traces the plot from the address. Along the Piave the flood maps matter, on the slopes the landslide maps and the gradient: all are read for the individual address.
Key points
- End of the A27 and Polpet station, minutes from Belluno.
- Seismic zone 1, like only 7 municipalities in the province.
- Population down 5.6% since 2011; over-65s at 26.3%.
- Climate zone F: long winters, so budget for heating.
Overview
Ponte nelle Alpi is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 7,920 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 60).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ponte nelle Alpi is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 7 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.234 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Ponte nelle Alpi, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 5.6%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ponte nelle Alpi declared an average taxable income of 25,154 euros, in line with the province (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Ponte nelle Alpi is in climate zone F, with 3,048 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 392 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ponte nelle Alpi has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 11 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 1.4 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 7.4% of the land in Ponte nelle Alpi, compared with 2.9% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Ponte nelle Alpi is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 nelle Alpi; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ponte nelle Alpi: 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
The cadastral maps for Ponte nelle Alpi are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.
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 104 inhabited census areas in Ponte nelle Alpi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- poor 0.3%
- modest 2.5%
- fair 97.2%
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 025040. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.