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Vandoies: 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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Vandoies, the lower Puster valley and the Val di Fundres

Vandoies (Vintl in German) is a municipality in the lower Puster valley (Val Pusteria) in South Tyrol, where the Val di Fundres, a side valley, climbs northwards. German is the main language, as in almost all of the Puster valley. The village lies on the valley floor, along the railway and the main valley road, while its hamlets climb the slopes among farmsteads, meadows and forest.

For buyers there is a clear split between valley floor and mountainside. Lower down you have services, shops and transport; higher up there are farmsteads and scattered houses, often tied to farming, with long winters (climate zone F, the coldest in the Italian heating classification). South Tyrol also has its own planning and residency rules, such as restrictions on homes reserved for local residents, which you should check with the town hall or a notary before committing.

The Puster valley is well served by public transport. The open data list 46 stops and 8 routes, 1 of them by rail, useful for reaching Bressanone (Brixen) and Brunico (Bruneck) without a car. The population is growing: 3,349 residents in 2023, up 3.0% on 2011. It is young too, with an average age of 41.9 against 43.4 in the province and over-65s at 18.3%. Foreign residents account for 6.1%.

Earthquake risk is the lowest possible: all of South Tyrol is in seismic zone 4, and the expected acceleration here is about 0.047 g. Streams and slopes matter more, and the report checks them for the address. A practical note: the province of Bolzano uses the land register system (catasto tavolare, with a Grundbuch instead of the Revenue Agency's maps), so finding the land parcel works differently.

Key points

  • Lower Puster valley, at the mouth of the Val di Fundres.
  • 46 stops and 8 routes, including rail.
  • Residents up 3.0%, average age 41.9.
  • Land register system (tavolare), seismic zone 4.

Overview

Vandoies is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 3,349 residents, ranked 40 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vandoies 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 0.047 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (43). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vandoies declared an average taxable income of 28,788 euros, in line with the province (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vandoies is in climate zone F, with 3,607 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 755 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Vandoies has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities 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 46 public transport stops, served by 7 bus lines, 1 train line. That is about 13.7 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.9% of the land in Vandoies, 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

Vandoies 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 Vandoies; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vandoies: 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 Vandoies 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 58 inhabited census areas in Vandoies. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 52.4%
  • good 43.3%
  • very good 4.3%

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 021110. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.