All things you need to know about living in the province of L'Aquila
The province of L'Aquila is home to 409 Venezuelans: 0.14% of its 286,706 residents, across 108 comuni.
ISTAT counts 25,315 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 8.83% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Venezuelans (409), Brazilians (142), Americans (121).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Venezuelans in the province has risen, from 218 to 409 (+88%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 12.4% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 9.0% 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 | 6,375 | 2.22% |
| Albania | 1,908 | 0.67% |
| Ukraine | 1,171 | 0.41% |
| Poland | 445 | 0.16% |
| Venezuela | 409 | 0.14% |
| Bulgaria | 283 | 0.10% |
| Brazil | 142 | 0.05% |
| United States | 121 | 0.04% |
| Russia | 117 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 110 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 100 | 0.03% |
| France | 94 | 0.03% |
| Lithuania | 75 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 74 | 0.03% |
| Greece | 71 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 64 | 0.02% |
| Argentina | 50 | 0.02% |
| Canada | 30 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 30 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 27 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 26 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 25 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 24 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 24 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 18 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 15 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 14 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 13 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 11 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 11 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 10 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 8 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 7 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 2 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 2 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 251,290 | 87.65% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 9,732 | 3.39% |
| Born outside the EU | 25,684 | 8.96% |
Venezuelans over time
Top 25 comuni by Venezuelans share
- Pratola Peligna0.74%
- Raiano0.61%
- San Demetrio ne' Vestini0.56%
- Introdacqua0.41%
- Scanno0.24%
- Sulmona0.23%
- Bugnara0.20%
- Barisciano0.18%
- Rocca di Mezzo0.15%
- L'Aquila0.15%
- Avezzano0.14%
- Cerchio0.13%
- Scoppito0.10%
- Pizzoli0.09%
- Pacentro0.09%
- Ateleta0.09%
- Castel di Sangro0.09%
- Celano0.09%
- Magliano de' Marsi0.09%
- Ovindoli0.09%
- San Benedetto dei Marsi0.08%
- Scurcola Marsicana0.07%
- Ortucchio0.06%
- Carsoli0.04%
- Balsorano0.03%
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Compare L'Aquila with other provinces →See L'Aquila against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
106 of L'Aquila’s 108 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 98% of the province’s towns, but 61% 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 108 comuni of L'Aquila are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)103
- Zone 25
- 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 →