All things you need to know about living in the province of Cosenza
The province of Cosenza is home to 885 Argentinians: 0.13% of its 669,535 residents, across 150 comuni.
ISTAT counts 38,527 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 5.75% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (885), Brazilians (652), Russians (527).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in the province has risen, from 102 to 885 (+768%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.2% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 5.8% outside the EU and 3.4% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 10,707 | 1.60% |
| Ukraine | 2,690 | 0.40% |
| Albania | 1,890 | 0.28% |
| Bulgaria | 1,467 | 0.22% |
| Poland | 1,030 | 0.15% |
| Argentina | 885 | 0.13% |
| Brazil | 652 | 0.10% |
| Russia | 527 | 0.08% |
| Germany | 258 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 166 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 136 | 0.02% |
| France | 108 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 107 | 0.02% |
| United States | 106 | 0.02% |
| Lithuania | 99 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 66 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 64 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 56 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 46 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 37 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 32 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 31 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 31 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 30 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 29 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 28 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 23 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 20 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 18 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 17 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 14 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 12 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 10 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 8 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 3 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 3 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 608,022 | 90.81% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 22,728 | 3.39% |
| Born outside the EU | 38,785 | 5.79% |
Argentinians over time
Top 25 comuni by Argentinians share
- Lago4.97%
- Fiumefreddo Bruzio3.95%
- Cleto2.04%
- San Lucido1.17%
- Paola1.02%
- Guardia Piemontese0.68%
- Parenti0.56%
- Santa Domenica Talao0.53%
- Longobardi0.52%
- Sant'Agata di Esaro0.47%
- Belvedere Marittimo0.40%
- Praia a Mare0.39%
- San Donato di Ninea0.38%
- Cerzeto0.33%
- Mottafollone0.19%
- Maierà0.18%
- Tortora0.17%
- Scalea0.16%
- Fuscaldo0.14%
- Grisolia0.14%
- Mendicino0.12%
- Cariati0.12%
- Amendolara0.11%
- Morano Calabro0.11%
- San Vincenzo La Costa0.10%
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Compare Cosenza with other provinces →See Cosenza against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
147 of Cosenza’s 150 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 98% of the province’s towns, but 74% of the people who live in it.
The two differ because the regime caps comune size: the towns it excludes are the biggest ones. Where you’d actually be living matters more than how many towns are on the list.
Which towns, and how the 7% pensioner regime works →Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 150 comuni of Cosenza are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)65
- Zone 285
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
Counts are comuni, not residents or land area. The zone is the legal classification each Region gave its comuni, not a forecast and not a verdict on any building. It has nothing to do with the 7% pensioner regime’s “seismic” routes, which depend on the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquake areas, not on a comune’s zone. See the map →