All things you need to know about living in the province of Salerno
The province of Salerno is home to 599 Russians: 0.06% of its 1,055,372 residents, across 158 comuni.
ISTAT counts 57,227 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 5.42% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (599), Venezuelans (483), Brazilians (472).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in the province has fallen, from 755 to 599 (-21%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.2% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 5.2% 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 | 11,647 | 1.10% |
| Ukraine | 8,137 | 0.77% |
| Albania | 1,320 | 0.13% |
| Poland | 1,208 | 0.11% |
| Bulgaria | 1,087 | 0.10% |
| Russia | 599 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 483 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 472 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 314 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 264 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 223 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 212 | 0.02% |
| France | 129 | 0.01% |
| United States | 113 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 58 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 47 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 45 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 42 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 38 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 37 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 36 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 32 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 31 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 30 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 28 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 23 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 22 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 21 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 19 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 17 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 17 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 16 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 14 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 9 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 9 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 8 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 6 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 5 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 4 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 979,332 | 92.79% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 21,175 | 2.01% |
| Born outside the EU | 54,865 | 5.20% |
Russians over time
Top 25 comuni by Russians share
- Calvanico0.36%
- Pollica0.24%
- Laureana Cilento0.24%
- Perdifumo0.22%
- Positano0.16%
- Minori0.16%
- Giungano0.16%
- Vallo della Lucania0.14%
- Agropoli0.14%
- Ogliastro Cilento0.13%
- Pisciotta0.12%
- Omignano0.12%
- Montano Antilia0.12%
- Amalfi0.11%
- Castelnuovo Cilento0.11%
- Praiano0.10%
- Baronissi0.10%
- Salerno0.10%
- Casalbuono0.10%
- Battipaglia0.10%
- Casal Velino0.09%
- Gioi0.09%
- Sassano0.09%
- Ravello0.09%
- Campagna0.08%
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Compare Salerno with other provinces →See Salerno against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
149 of Salerno’s 158 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 94% of the province’s towns, but 57% 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 158 comuni of Salerno are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)18
- Zone 297
- Zone 343
- 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 →