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Silandro: 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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For example: Via Principale 1, Silandro.

Silandro, the main town of the Val Venosta

Silandro, Schlanders in German, is the main town of the Val Venosta (Vinschgau), the long upper valley of the Adige between Merano and the Resia pass. It sits on the valley floor at over seven hundred metres, surrounded by apple orchards, between two very different slopes: the south-facing one, dry and sunny, and the shaded one, covered in forest. It has secondary schools, a hospital and public offices serving the whole middle valley, and the great majority of residents speak German.

Since 2005 the Val Venosta railway has once again linked Merano and Malles, with a station at Silandro. Public transport timetables show 38 stops and 9 lines in the municipality, almost all of them buses: a dense network for a town of this size. Merano is about three quarters of an hour away, Bolzano just over an hour.

Silandro is growing and its population is young: 6,358 residents at the end of 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, 6.9% more than in 2011, with an average age of 42.7 and over-65s at 20.0%. Foreign residents make up 10.4%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Bolzano.

South Tyrol uses the tavolare system: ownership is recorded in the land book (Grundbuch, libro fondiario) and the cadastre is run by the autonomous province, which does not publish its maps through the national Revenue Agency. So the land registry section of the report says the maps are not available, and ownership checks are done at the land book office. The rest of the report, from natural hazards to nearby services, works normally from the address.

Earthquakes are a minor concern: all 116 municipalities in South Tyrol are in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, and in Silandro the expected ground acceleration is about 0.061 g. Debris flows from side streams and landslides on the slopes matter more and should be checked at the exact spot, and so does the cold: in climate zone F insulation and heating weigh heavily on running costs.

Key points

  • Main town of the Val Venosta, with a station and 9 transport lines.
  • Tavolare land registry: Revenue Agency maps not available.
  • Population up 6.9% since 2011, average age 42.7.
  • Seismic zone 4; watch for debris flows and landslides.

Overview

Silandro is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 6,358 residents, ranked 13 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Silandro 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 0.061 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 6.9%. 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 10.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Silandro declared an average taxable income of 21,674 euros, below the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Silandro is in climate zone F, with 3,435 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 721 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Silandro has 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 school, 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.2 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.2).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 38 public transport stops, served by 8 bus lines, 1 train line. That is about 6.0 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.5% of the land in Silandro, 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

Silandro 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 high. 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 Silandro; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Silandro: 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 Silandro 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 63 inhabited census areas in Silandro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 23.1%
  • good 46.1%
  • very 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

ISTAT code 021093. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.