All things you need to know about living in Senales/Schnals
Senales/Schnals, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 8 Hungarians: 0.65% of its 1,236 residents.
That is the 6th-highest concentration of Hungarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it ranks 5th.
ISTAT counts 51 residents with a foreign citizenship in Senales/Schnals, 4.13% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (8), Austrians (5), Swiss nationals (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 16.5°C (62°F) and winters a low of -14.7°C (6°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Senales/Schnals sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,421mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 197 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Senales/Schnals at about €1,750 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 33.7 years of renting the same property.
Senales/Schnals population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 0.65% |
| Hungary | 8 | 0.65% |
| Slovakia | 6 | 0.49% |
| Austria | 5 | 0.40% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.16% |
| France | 2 | 0.16% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.16% |
| Romania | 2 | 0.16% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,165 | 94.26% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 49 | 3.96% |
| Born outside the EU | 22 | 1.78% |
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 Senales/Schnals 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.
33.7 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 22% more than ordinary condition — €2,133/m² against €1,750.
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 €1,975/m², against €1,750 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 7% 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
- Silandro/Schlanders
- Castelbello-Ciardes/Kastelbell-Tschars
- Parcines/Partschins
- Naturno/Naturns
- Laces/Latsch
- Plaus/Plaus
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