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Tubre: 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 San Giovanni 1, Tubre.

Tubre, the Val Monastero at the Swiss border

Tubre, Taufers im Münstertal in German, is the last Italian village in the Val Monastero, the side valley that climbs from the Val Venosta towards Switzerland. Just over the border is Müstair, whose monastery of St John is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The village lies above 1,200 metres, among meadows, woods and farmsteads, and German is the language most people speak.

For services you go down into the Val Venosta, towards Glorenza and Malles, where the train from Merano also arrives. The village has scheduled bus services, but in a mountain valley the car remains the everyday option. The municipality is in climate zone F: long, cold winters, with heating and insulation at the heart of a home's running costs.

The population is almost steady: 954 residents in 2023, down 1.1% on 2011. The average age is 43.1, in line with South Tyrol as a whole (43.4), and over-65s make up 19.6%. Foreign residents account for 5.5% and households have 2.34 people on average. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

All 116 municipalities in the province of Bolzano are in seismic zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection Department, and the expected ground acceleration here is 0.118 g.

The land registry works differently here. South Tyrol uses the tavolare system, with its own Land Register (Libro fondiario), and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish its cadastral maps for this area. The report therefore cannot trace the land parcel and says so, and ownership and boundaries need checking at the Land Register. Slopes, landslides and streams are still checked for the address on the official maps.

Key points

  • Last Italian village in the Val Monastero, towards Müstair.
  • Tavolare land registry: check ownership at the Land Register.
  • All 116 municipalities in South Tyrol in seismic zone 4.
  • Population almost steady, average age 43.1.

Overview

Tubre is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 954 residents, ranked 103 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tubre 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 0.118 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 fallen by 1.1%. 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 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tubre declared an average taxable income of 18,364 euros, below the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tubre is in climate zone F, with 4,447 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,240 metres above sea level.

Services

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 8 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line. That is about 8.4 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.0% of the land in Tubre, 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

Tubre 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 Tubre; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tubre: 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 Tubre 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 13 inhabited census areas in Tubre. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 87.6%
  • good 12.4%

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 021103. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.