All things you need to know about living in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia

Emilia-Romagna · 42 comuni · Population 530,740 · 4,514 became Italian citizens (2024)

Illustration of a landmark in Reggio nell'Emilia
Data as of 2026-10-13· ISTAT

The province of Reggio nell'Emilia is home to 565 Brazilians: 0.11% of its 530,740 residents, across 42 comuni.

ISTAT counts 64,941 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 12.24% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (565), Russians (390), Spaniards (248).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in the province has risen, from 510 to 565 (+11%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 16.0% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 14.2% outside the EU and 1.9% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Romania6,3701.20%
Albania5,4241.02%
Ukraine4,8110.91%
Poland8190.15%
Brazil5650.11%
Russia3900.07%
Spain2480.05%
Bulgaria2420.05%
Germany1550.03%
France1450.03%
Argentina1210.02%
United Kingdom1190.02%
Venezuela1130.02%
Croatia790.01%
Latvia770.01%
United States670.01%
Greece650.01%
Lithuania610.01%
Slovakia560.01%
Czechia540.01%
Hungary510.01%
Portugal400.01%
Japan380.01%
Belgium360.01%
Mexico330.01%
Netherlands330.01%
Austria260.00%
Ireland240.00%
Estonia230.00%
Switzerland210.00%
Slovenia180.00%
Canada140.00%
Sweden140.00%
Denmark100.00%
Finland80.00%
Norway70.00%
Australia30.00%
South Korea20.00%
Malta20.00%
Luxembourg10.00%
Cyprus00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, summed across every comune in the province.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy445,56683.95%
Born elsewhere in the EU9,9261.87%
Born outside the EU75,24814.18%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — see about the data.

Brazilians over time

Top 25 comuni by Brazilians share

  1. 1stCadelbosco di Sopra0.26% (28)
  2. 2ndSan Polo d'Enza0.25% (15)
  3. 3rdSant'Ilario d'Enza0.24% (28)
  4. 4thToano0.22% (9)
  5. 5thCampegine0.19% (10)
  6. 6thPoviglio0.17% (12)
  7. 7thReggio nell'Emilia0.16% (268)
  8. 8thBrescello0.14% (8)
  9. 9thCavriago0.12% (12)
  10. 10thVentasso0.10% (4)
  11. 11thSan Martino in Rio0.10% (8)
  12. 12thCastelnovo ne' Monti0.10% (10)
  13. 13thCasalgrande0.09% (18)
  14. 14thBagnolo in Piano0.09% (9)
  15. 15thLuzzara0.09% (8)
  16. 16thCanossa0.08% (3)
  17. 17thCastellarano0.08% (12)
  18. 18thQuattro Castella0.08% (10)
  19. 19thRolo0.07% (3)
  20. 20thBoretto0.07% (4)
  21. 21stFabbrico0.07% (5)
  22. 22ndBibbiano0.07% (7)
  23. 23rdCorreggio0.07% (17)
  24. 24thScandiano0.06% (16)
  25. 25thCastelnovo di Sotto0.06% (5)

Quality of life (BES)

Province-level well-being, Italy’s official BES framework — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Economic well-being

94th percentile avg
Average disposable income per capita26,655
94th · 2023

Education and training

79th percentile avg
People with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old)71.8 Percentage values
79th · 2024

Health

79th percentile avg
Life expectancy at birth84.3 Average number of years
79th · 2024

Work and life balance

70th percentile avg
Employment rate (20-64 years old)74.5 Percentage values
70th · 2024

Safety

63th percentile avg
Intentional homicide rate0.4 Per 100,000 inhabitants
79th · 2023
Burglaries reported288.9 Per 100,000 inhabitants
37th · 2023
Road mortality in non-urban roads2.8 Percentage values
75th · 2023

Landscape and cultural heritage

46th percentile avg
Density and importance of musems' heritage0.5 Per 100 km2
46th · 2022

Quality of services

42th percentile avg
Medical specialists28 Per 10,000 inhabitants
49th · 2023
Overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage70.6 Percentage values
67th · 2024
Hospital beds in high-care wards1.6 Per 10,000 inhabitants
9th · 2022

Environment

40th percentile avg
PM10 Annual average concentration30 Microgram per m3
24th · 2023
Urban green57.7 M2 per inhabitant
82th · 2023
Electricity from renewable sources12.8 Percentage values
14th · 2023

Social relationships

25th percentile avg
Nonprofit organizations56 Per 10,000 inhabitants
25th · 2022

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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 42 comuni of Reggio nell'Emilia are classified.

  • Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
  • Zone 28
  • Zone 334
  • 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 →

Fonte: Dipartimento della Protezione Civile-Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, updated to 31 May 2025 (CC BY 4.0). Source table.

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