All things you need to know about living in the province of Pavia
The province of Pavia is home to 658 Brazilians: 0.12% of its 541,949 residents, across 184 comuni.
ISTAT counts 68,477 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 12.64% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (658), Russians (434), Spaniards (297).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in the province has fallen, from 1,122 to 658 (-41%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 15.0% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 11.7% outside the EU and 3.3% 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 | 16,694 | 3.08% |
| Albania | 5,972 | 1.10% |
| Ukraine | 5,056 | 0.93% |
| Brazil | 658 | 0.12% |
| Bulgaria | 576 | 0.11% |
| Russia | 434 | 0.08% |
| Poland | 413 | 0.08% |
| Spain | 297 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 241 | 0.04% |
| France | 222 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 177 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 173 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 159 | 0.03% |
| Greece | 159 | 0.03% |
| Croatia | 119 | 0.02% |
| United States | 104 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 90 | 0.02% |
| Lithuania | 62 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 61 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 61 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 54 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 51 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 38 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 38 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 31 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 29 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 29 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 28 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 24 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 20 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 19 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 16 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 16 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 15 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 13 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 10 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 7 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 6 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 3 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 3 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 460,593 | 84.99% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 18,084 | 3.34% |
| Born outside the EU | 63,272 | 11.67% |
Brazilians over time
Top 25 comuni by Brazilians share
- Castello d'Agogna0.65%
- Inverno e Monteleone0.54%
- Ferrera Erbognone0.46%
- Palestro0.38%
- Valle Lomellina0.37%
- Lardirago0.34%
- Zeccone0.30%
- Candia Lomellina0.26%
- Voghera0.26%
- Lomello0.25%
- Bornasco0.23%
- Zinasco0.22%
- Villanterio0.21%
- Certosa di Pavia0.20%
- Casei Gerola0.17%
- Marzano0.17%
- Robbio0.17%
- Cilavegna0.17%
- Bascapè0.17%
- San Martino Siccomario0.17%
- Corteolona e Genzone0.16%
- Sannazzaro de' Burgondi0.16%
- Stradella0.16%
- Mede0.15%
- Mortara0.15%
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Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 184 comuni of Pavia are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 20
- Zone 3157
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)27
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 →