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Verano: 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 Verano 1, Verano.

Verano, a sunny plateau above the Adige valley

Verano, Vöran in German, sits on a sunny plateau above 1,200 metres, looking over the Adige valley between Merano and Bolzano. It is a German-speaking village of farmsteads, meadows, conifer woods and a small centre around the church, with plenty of footpaths starting right from the houses.

Transport needs a careful look here. In the published timetables the municipality has 16 stops served by 2 lines, a bus and a cable link connecting the village with the valley floor; for work, secondary schools, the hospital and the train, people go down towards Merano and Bolzano. Properties for sale include farmsteads, flats in small buildings and new houses built to modern energy standards. The climate zone is F, with long, cold winters.

Verano is growing: 996 residents in 2023, up 7.2% on the 929 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 40.1, below the provincial 43.4, and over-65s make up 16.4%, against 20.6%. Households have 2.77 members on average.

Earthquake hazard is low: all 116 municipalities in the province of Bolzano are in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.046 g.

As everywhere in South Tyrol, property is recorded under the tavolare system, a land register inherited from Austria: ownership is shown in the libro fondiario, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps. The report's cadastre section explains this and does not trace the land parcel, while landslides, floods and distances to services are worked out from the exact location of the address, which makes a real difference on a plateau of slopes.

Key points

  • Plateau above 1,200 metres, over the Adige valley.
  • 16 stops and 2 lines, including a cable link.
  • 996 residents in 2023, up 7.2% since 2011.
  • Tavolare land register: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Overview

Verano is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 996 residents, ranked 102 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Verano 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 0.046 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 7.2%. The estimated average age is 40 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Verano declared an average taxable income of 25,981 euros, below the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Verano is in climate zone F, with 4,314 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,204 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Verano 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 16 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 funicular line. That is about 16.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.4% of the land in Verano, 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

Verano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Bolzano in 2026. 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 contaminated sites in Verano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Verano: 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 Verano 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 Verano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 17.9%
  • good 82.1%

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 021112. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.