Italians in Spain

Italian Spaniards (Italian: italo-spagnoli; Spanish: ítalo-español) are Spanish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Spain during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Spain.

Italian Spaniards
Italo-spagnoli (Italian)
Ítalo-español (Spanish)
Italy Spain
King Amadeo I of Spain
Total population
c. 260,000 (by ancestry)[1]
c. 143,000 (by birth)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Catalonia, the Community of Madrid, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands
Languages
Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian Finns, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa

History

From the 18th century, many Italians settled in Spain and in the Spanish Empire to work in the administration of the Bourbon dynasty.[3] The Italian Giulio Alberoni was appointed as minister of foreign affairs in 1715.[4]

In the 19th century, after the departure of Queen Isabella II, the parliament chose the Italian prince Amedeo of Savoy to reign in Spain and did so (as Amedeo I) between 1871 and 1873.

Nowadays Italians in Spain are one of the largest communities of immigrant groups in Spain, with 257,256 Italian citizens in the country;[1] conversely, 142,401 residents in Spain were born in Italy.[2] A significant part of the Italian community in Spain are not from Italy but emigrated from Italian descendant communities in countries like Argentina or Uruguay.[5][6]

The immigration rate of Italian nationals increased in the second part of the 2010s, and, in 2018, Italians trumped Chinese nationals as the third biggest foreign nationality in the Spanish workforce.[7] Most of the Italians citizens dwell in Catalonia, the Community of Madrid, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.[7]

Over 70% of Italian citizens residing in Spain are retirees living in the Canary Islands, Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol.[8]

Foreign population of Italian citizenship in Spain
Vertical bar chart of foreign population of Italian nationality in Spain between 2002 and 2021
  Population (2002-2021) Foreign population in Spain of Italian nationality according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.[1]

Notable Italian Spaniards

See also

References
  1. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. "Población (españoles/extranjeros) por País de Nacimiento, sexo y año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
  3. Italianos en la administración territorial española del siglo XVIII
  4. Giulio Alberoni
  5. "'Little Italy': los italianos se hacen notar en España". Ideal (in Spanish). 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  6. redazione (2021-07-05). "Dove emigrano gli italo-argentini?". The Dailycases (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  7. "Los trabajadores italianos se disparan en España: ¿a qué se debe este fenómeno?". Libre Mercado (in European Spanish). 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  8. "Por qué los italianos se mudan en masa a España". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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