All things you need to know about living in the province of Piacenza
The province of Piacenza is home to 387 Brazilians: 0.14% of its 286,452 residents, across 46 comuni.
ISTAT counts 42,391 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 14.80% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (387), Russians (215), French nationals (158).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in the province has risen, from 295 to 387 (+31%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 19.1% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 16.2% outside the EU and 2.9% 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 | 6,973 | 2.43% |
| Albania | 4,772 | 1.67% |
| Ukraine | 2,849 | 0.99% |
| Bulgaria | 511 | 0.18% |
| Brazil | 387 | 0.14% |
| Poland | 291 | 0.10% |
| Croatia | 215 | 0.08% |
| Russia | 215 | 0.08% |
| France | 158 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 150 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 125 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 94 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 78 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 56 | 0.02% |
| Hungary | 48 | 0.02% |
| United States | 40 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 38 | 0.01% |
| South Korea | 33 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 33 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 31 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 31 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 27 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 27 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 27 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 25 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 19 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 16 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 15 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 15 | 0.01% |
| Estonia | 15 | 0.01% |
| Slovenia | 13 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 9 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 9 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 7 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 6 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 4 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 4 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 4 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 231,695 | 80.88% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 8,343 | 2.91% |
| Born outside the EU | 46,414 | 16.20% |
Brazilians over time
Top 25 comuni by Brazilians share
- Travo0.40%
- Castelvetro Piacentino0.34%
- Sarmato0.34%
- Villanova sull'Arda0.30%
- Gragnano Trebbiense0.29%
- Ziano Piacentino0.24%
- Monticelli d'Ongina0.23%
- Caorso0.21%
- Agazzano0.20%
- Pianello Val Tidone0.18%
- Gropparello0.18%
- Alta Val Tidone0.17%
- Vigolzone0.17%
- Piacenza0.16%
- Carpaneto Piacentino0.14%
- Borgonovo Val Tidone0.12%
- Alseno0.11%
- Castel San Giovanni0.10%
- Rottofreno0.10%
- Pontenure0.09%
- Ponte dell'Olio0.09%
- Rivergaro0.08%
- Cadeo0.08%
- Podenzano0.08%
- Bettola0.08%
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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 46 comuni of Piacenza are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 20
- Zone 346
- 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 →