Italy

According to the preliminary 2021 definition of localities, there are 20,387 places with an end-of-2021 population of 100 or more.

2024-04-23

Bardello, Bregano and Malgesso as well as Moransengo and Tonengo merged to new communes. Misiliscemi commune was split from Trapani. Montecopiolo and Sassofeltrio moved from Pesaro e Urbino province in Marche region to Rimini province in Emilia-Romagna.

2023-04-17

The total population of Italy at the beginning of 2021 is estimated as 59.258 million, 383,922 inhabitants less than one year ago. Pesaro in Marche region absorbed Monteciccardo commune.

2021-05-15

In October 2018, Italy started a »permanent census«, i.e. an annual sampling survey combined with an evaluation of registers. The total 2020 population is now estimated as 59.64 million, which is less by 603 thousand or 1% compared to a previous estimate for the same date.

2021-01-24

36 communes were affected by mergers in 2019. So, the number of communes was reduced from 7,926 to 7,904 on 1 January 2020. Borgo Valbelluna, Presicce-Acquarica and Pieve del Grappa are the most populous new communes.

2020-07-19

According to the 2011 census, there are 20,882 localities and industrial areas with at least 100 inhabitants in Italy. They are limited by unbuilt areas and boundaries of communes.

2019-04-12