All things you need to know about living in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste

The province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste is home to 225 French nationals: 0.18% of its 122,532 residents, across 74 comuni.
ISTAT counts 8,821 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 7.21% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (225), Brazilians (123), Russians (99).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in the province has risen, from 222 to 225 (+1%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.2% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 7.9% outside the EU and 3.3% 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 | 2,186 | 1.78% |
| Albania | 717 | 0.59% |
| Ukraine | 481 | 0.39% |
| France | 225 | 0.18% |
| Poland | 130 | 0.11% |
| Brazil | 123 | 0.10% |
| Russia | 99 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 94 | 0.08% |
| Spain | 59 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 55 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 50 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 47 | 0.04% |
| United States | 45 | 0.04% |
| Belgium | 43 | 0.04% |
| Switzerland | 32 | 0.03% |
| Bulgaria | 30 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 28 | 0.02% |
| Sweden | 28 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 18 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 15 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 12 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 12 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 11 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 11 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 10 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 9 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 9 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 7 | 0.01% |
| Estonia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 5 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 4 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 4 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 4 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 2 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 2 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 108,840 | 88.83% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 4,007 | 3.27% |
| Born outside the EU | 9,685 | 7.90% |
French nationals over time
Top 25 comuni by French nationals share
- Verrayes0.56%
- La Salle0.39%
- Fénis0.39%
- Saint-Pierre0.31%
- Valtournenche0.23%
- Donnas0.21%
- Saint-Christophe0.21%
- Hône0.17%
- Montjovet0.17%
- Châtillon0.16%
- Courmayeur0.16%
- Saint-Marcel0.15%
- Gressan0.15%
- Ayas0.15%
- Morgex0.15%
- Aosta0.15%
- Pollein0.14%
- Nus0.14%
- Sarre0.13%
- Charvensod0.13%
- Gignod0.12%
- Pont-Saint-Martin0.11%
- Quart0.10%
- Arnad0.08%
- Villeneuve0.08%
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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 74 comuni of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 20
- Zone 374
- 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 →