All things you need to know about living in Fortezza/Franzensfeste
Fortezza/Franzensfeste, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 10 Poles: 0.90% of its 1,106 residents.
That is the 17th-highest concentration of Poles among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 335 residents with a foreign citizenship in Fortezza/Franzensfeste, 30.29% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Venezuelans (11), Austrians (6), Germans (3).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
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 20.4°C (69°F) and winters a low of -10.0°C (14°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Fortezza/Franzensfeste sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,074mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 167 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Fortezza/Franzensfeste at about €1,833 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Fortezza/Franzensfeste population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 57 | 5.15% |
| Romania | 25 | 2.26% |
| Venezuela | 11 | 0.99% |
| Poland | 10 | 0.90% |
| Slovakia | 8 | 0.72% |
| Austria | 6 | 0.54% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.27% |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0.27% |
| United States | 2 | 0.18% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.09% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.09% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.09% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.09% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 710 | 64.20% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 73 | 6.60% |
| Born outside the EU | 323 | 29.20% |
Poles 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 Fortezza/Franzensfeste 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.
29.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — 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 18% more than ordinary condition — €2,158/m² against €1,833.
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 €2,000/m², against €1,833 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 9% 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
- Varna/Vahrn
- Campo di Trens/Freienfeld
- Rio di Pusteria/Mühlbach
- Naz-Sciaves/Natz-Schabs
- Rodengo/Rodeneck
- Velturno/Feldthurns
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