All things you need to know about living in Chienes/Kiens
Chienes/Kiens, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 13 Hungarians: 0.42% of its 3,066 residents.
That is the 17th-highest concentration of Hungarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it ranks 14th.
ISTAT counts 210 residents with a foreign citizenship in Chienes/Kiens, 6.85% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (24), Austrians (11), Britons (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Bolzano/Bozen scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and average disposable income per capita.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 21.4°C (71°F) and winters a low of -9.2°C (15°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Chienes/Kiens sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,107mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 166 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Chienes/Kiens at about €2,267 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 33.3 years of renting the same property.
Chienes/Kiens population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24 | 0.78% |
| Hungary | 13 | 0.42% |
| Slovakia | 12 | 0.39% |
| Albania | 11 | 0.36% |
| Austria | 11 | 0.36% |
| Romania | 9 | 0.29% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.20% |
| Croatia | 4 | 0.13% |
| Czechia | 2 | 0.07% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.07% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.03% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.03% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.03% |
| United States | 1 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,783 | 90.77% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 112 | 3.65% |
| Born outside the EU | 171 | 5.58% |
Hungarians over time
Quality of life in Bolzano/Bozen
Full BES profile for Bolzano/Bozen →Bolzano/Bozen on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Chienes/Kiens is well below the Bolzano/Bozen average of €2,894/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
33.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well above the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 20% more than ordinary condition — €2,725/m² against €2,267.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €2,400/m², against €2,267 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 6% more per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Nearby comuni
- Falzes/Pfalzen
- Terento/Terenten
- San Lorenzo di Sebato/St. Lorenzen
- Rodengo/Rodeneck
- Brunico/Bruneck
- Luson/Lüsen
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