All things you need to know about living in the province of Foggia
The province of Foggia is home to 134 Brazilians: 0.02% of its 590,263 residents, across 61 comuni.
ISTAT counts 37,194 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 6.30% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (134), Germans (124), Russians (119).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in the province has risen, from 104 to 134 (+29%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.2% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 4.2% outside the EU and 3.0% 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 | 10,570 | 1.79% |
| Bulgaria | 2,869 | 0.49% |
| Albania | 2,062 | 0.35% |
| Ukraine | 1,737 | 0.29% |
| Poland | 1,029 | 0.17% |
| Brazil | 134 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 132 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 124 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 119 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 85 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 79 | 0.01% |
| United States | 79 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 78 | 0.01% |
| Spain | 77 | 0.01% |
| France | 58 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 51 | 0.01% |
| United Kingdom | 50 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 28 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 20 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 18 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 18 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 18 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 17 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 15 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 13 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 13 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 12 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 12 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 11 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 9 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 4 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 3 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 2 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 547,638 | 92.78% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 17,662 | 2.99% |
| Born outside the EU | 24,963 | 4.23% |
Brazilians over time
Top 25 comuni by Brazilians share
- Candela0.19%
- Vieste0.10%
- Anzano di Puglia0.09%
- San Giovanni Rotondo0.09%
- Volturino0.07%
- Lesina0.05%
- Lucera0.04%
- Pietramontecorvino0.04%
- Apricena0.04%
- Biccari0.04%
- Ascoli Satriano0.04%
- Cagnano Varano0.03%
- Rodi Garganico0.03%
- Vico del Gargano0.03%
- Torremaggiore0.02%
- Peschici0.02%
- San Severo0.02%
- Foggia0.02%
- Mattinata0.02%
- Manfredonia0.01%
- San Nicandro Garganico0.01%
- Cerignola0.01%
- Accadia0.00%
- Bovino0.00%
- Carapelle0.00%
Quality of life (BES)
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Compare Foggia with other provinces →See Foggia against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
56 of Foggia’s 61 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 92% of the province’s towns, but 43% 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 61 comuni of Foggia are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)10
- Zone 251
- 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 →