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Valdaora: 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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Valdaora, three villages in the Puster valley

In German it is called Olang, and it is made up of three villages, Lower, Middle and Upper Valdaora, on the floor of the Puster valley east of Brunico. Above them rise the lifts of Plan de Corones (Kronplatz), one of the best known ski areas in South Tyrol. The town hall stands above a thousand metres, in climate zone F, with long cold winters.

Tourism and everyday living sit side by side. Next to family homes there are hotels, holiday flats and traditional farmsteads, and in South Tyrol the rules on residency and second homes are stricter than in the rest of Italy. Before buying, ask the municipality about any restrictions or agreements attached to the property. The Puster valley railway has a station here, and 57 public transport stops are recorded, a good number for a place this size.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 3,238 residents (2023), up 4.1% since 2011. The average age is 43.2, the same as the province (43.4), with 20.5% over 65 and 9.5% foreign residents. Declared incomes are above the South Tyrol average.

All 116 municipalities in Bolzano province are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.056 g. Land registration works differently: South Tyrol uses the tavolare system, based on a land book (Grundbuch) instead of the ordinary registers, and the cadastral maps are not published by the national Revenue Agency. For ownership and plot boundaries, go to the land book office.

Key points

  • Three villages in the Puster valley, below Plan de Corones.
  • 3,238 residents, up 4.1% since 2011.
  • Railway station and 57 public transport stops.
  • Seismic zone 4, land book (tavolare) registry.

Overview

Valdaora is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 3,238 residents, ranked 43 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valdaora 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 0.056 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 43 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 9.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valdaora declared an average taxable income of 29,780 euros, above the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valdaora 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 1,048 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Valdaora has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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 57 public transport stops, served by 15 bus lines, 1 train line. That is about 17.6 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.7% of the land in Valdaora, compared with 2.7% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Valdaora 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 Valdaora; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valdaora: 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 Valdaora 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 59 inhabited census areas in Valdaora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 38.8%
  • good 61.2%

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

ISTAT code 021106. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.