All things you need to know about living in the province of Reggio Calabria
The province of Reggio Calabria is home to 306 Brazilians: 0.06% of its 512,956 residents, across 97 comuni.
ISTAT counts 30,547 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 5.96% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (306), Argentinians (278), Russians (259).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in the province has fallen, from 489 to 306 (-37%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.6% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 5.3% outside the EU and 2.3% 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 | 7,160 | 1.40% |
| Ukraine | 2,134 | 0.42% |
| Bulgaria | 1,081 | 0.21% |
| Poland | 535 | 0.10% |
| Albania | 321 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 306 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 278 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 259 | 0.05% |
| France | 138 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 114 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 100 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 85 | 0.02% |
| United States | 65 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 54 | 0.01% |
| Venezuela | 48 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 32 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 30 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 28 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 26 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 25 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 21 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 20 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 19 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 19 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 17 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 16 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 13 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 13 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 13 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 11 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 6 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 5 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 4 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 4 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 3 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 2 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 473,776 | 92.36% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 11,779 | 2.30% |
| Born outside the EU | 27,401 | 5.34% |
Brazilians over time
Top 25 comuni by Brazilians share
- Bova Marina1.20%
- Varapodio0.88%
- Mammola0.25%
- Roccella Ionica0.21%
- Bianco0.19%
- Stignano0.17%
- Gioiosa Ionica0.12%
- Scilla0.11%
- Montebello Jonico0.11%
- Anoia0.10%
- Cinquefrondi0.10%
- Brancaleone0.10%
- Marina di Gioiosa Ionica0.10%
- Gerace0.09%
- Bivongi0.09%
- Sant'Ilario dello Ionio0.08%
- Caulonia0.07%
- Polistena0.06%
- Reggio di Calabria0.06%
- Palizzi0.05%
- Stilo0.04%
- Oppido Mamertina0.04%
- Locri0.04%
- Motta San Giovanni0.04%
- Grotteria0.04%
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Compare Reggio Calabria with other provinces →See Reggio Calabria against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
96 of Reggio Calabria’s 97 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 99% of the province’s towns, but 67% 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 97 comuni of Reggio Calabria are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)97
- Zone 20
- 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 →