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Terento: 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 Walderlaner 1, Terento.

Terento, a sunny terrace above the Puster Valley

Terento, Terenten in German, sits on a south-facing plateau above the Puster Valley (Val Pusteria), between Brixen and Bruneck. The village and the scattered farmsteads around it look across to the mountains on the other side of the valley, in a landscape of meadows, woods and small clusters of houses.

This is a young and growing municipality. According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,800 residents in 2023, up 3.9% on 2011. The average age is 41.1, below the 43.4 of the province of Bolzano, over-65s make up 16.7% and households have 2.52 members on average. Average incomes are in line with the province.

House hunters in Terento will mainly find family homes, flats in small buildings and houses linked to farmsteads. South Tyrol has its own housing rules, such as subsidised housing quotas and restrictions on some homes reserved for residents, so check these with the municipality or a notary before making an offer. Public transport has 3 bus lines and 32 stops in the municipality, useful for getting down to the valley floor and the Puster Valley railway. The climate zone is F, with long, cold winters.

All 116 municipalities in the province of Bolzano are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, and the expected acceleration here is 0.048 g. On the slopes, gradient and ground stability matter more, and the report reads them for the exact address.

Terento uses the land register system (libro fondiario, or Grundbuch) instead of the ordinary cadastre, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for South Tyrol. The report says so and works with the data available for the address.

Key points

  • Sunny plateau above the Puster Valley, between Brixen and Bruneck.
  • Population up 3.9% since 2011, average age 41.1.
  • 3 bus lines and 32 stops in the municipality.
  • Land register system: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Overview

Terento is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 1,800 residents, ranked 77 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Terento 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 0.048 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 3.9%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Terento declared an average taxable income of 28,426 euros, in line with the province (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Terento is in climate zone F, with 4,413 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,210 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Terento has 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

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 32 public transport stops, served by 3 bus lines. That is about 17.8 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 Terento, 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

Terento 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 Terento; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Terento: 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 Terento 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 Terento. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 26.1%
  • good 73.9%

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 021096. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.