All things you need to know about living in the province of Potenza
The province of Potenza is home to 410 Argentinians: 0.12% of its 340,909 residents, across 100 comuni.
ISTAT counts 13,390 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 3.93% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (410), Brazilians (167), Spaniards (64).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in the province has risen, from 34 to 410 (+1106%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 6.3% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 4.3% outside the EU and 2.0% 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 | 3,725 | 1.09% |
| Ukraine | 825 | 0.24% |
| Argentina | 410 | 0.12% |
| Albania | 324 | 0.10% |
| Bulgaria | 195 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 167 | 0.05% |
| Poland | 161 | 0.05% |
| Spain | 64 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 61 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 58 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 44 | 0.01% |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 0.01% |
| France | 41 | 0.01% |
| United States | 34 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 21 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 18 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 18 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 16 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 15 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 14 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 14 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 12 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 10 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 7 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 7 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 6 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 6 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 5 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 4 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 4 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 3 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 2 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 319,408 | 93.69% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 6,855 | 2.01% |
| Born outside the EU | 14,646 | 4.30% |
Argentinians over time
Top 25 comuni by Argentinians share
- Sant'Angelo Le Fratte4.03%
- Calvello2.66%
- Episcopia1.49%
- Pietragalla0.74%
- San Severino Lucano0.67%
- Abriola0.57%
- Spinoso0.54%
- Rotonda0.45%
- Brienza0.44%
- Marsicovetere0.42%
- Laurenzana0.39%
- Avigliano0.34%
- Roccanova0.32%
- Vietri di Potenza0.27%
- Francavilla in Sinni0.23%
- Muro Lucano0.23%
- Vaglio Basilicata0.22%
- Barile0.16%
- Senise0.12%
- Montemurro0.10%
- Cancellara0.09%
- Picerno0.09%
- Corleto Perticara0.09%
- Rivello0.08%
- Filiano0.08%
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Compare Potenza with other provinces →See Potenza against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
99 of Potenza’s 100 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 99% of the province’s towns, but 81% 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 100 comuni of Potenza are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)40
- Zone 259
- Zone 31
- 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 →