Living in Reggio Emilia

In Reggio Emilia, rent averages €6.38 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 5.9% (2023).

Reggio Emilia (Italian: Reggio nell'Emilia) is a city in Italy. The city covers 230.7 km², with a population density of 749.6 people per km² at the start of 2026. Foreign-born residents accounted for 19.5% of the population at the end of 2023. The city had 85,228 dwellings in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2338 sources

Population172,284people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)2,314EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent6.38EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate5.9%country median 6.0% — 2% belowOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime3,925incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

PM2.5, annual mean16µg/m³country median 14.0 — 14% aboveOfficial source · Official annual background concentration municipality summary; Mediana of the source municipality grid distribution

Less recorded crime than any other Italian city that publishes it and dirtier air than 61% of Italian cities that publish it.

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Reggio Emilia?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in ItalyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Reggio Emilia.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Reggio nell'Emilia?

Average net cold rent is about 6.38 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 6.38 EUR/m²/month · Collected source¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesReggio Emilia highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Milan€30.00

Rome€17.15

Naples€9.10

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliadbox fixed fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff⁷Official · national market
Dwellings	85,228 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	ISTAT permanent population and housing census by census section and municipality¹⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	76,006 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁰Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.38 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source¹Official · municipality zone median

Is Reggio Emilia a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–75%

Student66%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–75%

Family66%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 56–76%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 383 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.38 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-S2

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Reggio nell'Emilia?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2023). Source: Eurostat²

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Reggio Emilia is 5.9%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Reggio Emilia 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	79,672 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,314 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it²⁸Official
Unemployment rate	5.9 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Eurostat²Official

Unemployment rate over time8 published observations, 2001–2023

2.9%

5.6%

8.4%

11.1%

5.9%2001201820202023

Unemployment rate rose 45.3% between 2001 and 2023, from 4.1% to 5.9%.

What does a salary buy in Reggio Emilia?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,386of €1,810 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€1,810
Rent, 60 m²€6.38/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €383
Internet€30 · official · iliadbox fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€12 · official · iliad GIGA mobile tariff · 2026-09-30	− €12
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,386

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Reggio Emilia Salary needed to live in Reggio Emilia

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Reggio Emilia. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Centri per l'impiego — Public employment service

Italian public employment services / regional employment centres

Job SearchTraining

Search jobs

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Reggio Emilia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

The city had 174 schools in August 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	174 schools	31 Aug 2025	MIM Open Data - Anagrafe scuole statali e paritarie¹⁸Official
Primary schools	46 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁹Official
Schools	174 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁹Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Italian L2 laboratories and support for foreign pupils (DPR 394/1999 art 45 route). How to enrol a child (istruzione.it).

A country-wide rule for Italy; Reggio Emilia's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	628 beds per 100,000	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023²⁷Official
Hospitals	4 count	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023²⁷Official
Pharmacies	54 count	15 Sept 2026	Farmacie⁵Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Reggio Emilia when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents628 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Reggio nell'Emilia?

Police recorded about 3,925 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesReggio Emilia highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Florence11,422

Milan10,343

Bologna9,973

Turin9,170

Venice9,092

Catania7,485

Rome7,475

Verona6,667

Naples6,521

Genoa5,692

Palermo5,384

Bari4,616

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,925 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²⁵Official
Nearest airport	PMF	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Reggio Emilia. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

CPIA public Italian-language and orientation courses for foreign adults — State Language Course

Italian public adult-education system — Centri Provinciali per l'Istruzione degli Adulti

For foreign adults, people seeking Italian language and culture courses.

ItalianCEFR A2In PersonCost varies

Open official information

L.O.R.R. — Language, Orientation, Recognition and Networks with CPIA — Job-related language course

Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies / FAMI 2021-2027 programme

For third-country nationals, vulnerable migrants, unaccompanied minors.

ItalianIn Person, Online

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Reggio Emilia.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 16 µg/m³ in 2025. Annual NO₂ was 16 µg/m³ in 2025. Annual PM10 was 24 µg/m³ in 2025.

Is the air quality good in Reggio nell'Emilia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official annual background concentration municipality summary; Mediana of the source municipality grid distribution²¹

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.516WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1024WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂16WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in ItalyAnnual PM2.5 in Reggio Emilia is 16.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2628–29

Reggio Emilia 16.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	16 µg/m³country median 15.0	2025	Official annual background concentration municipality summary; Mediana of the source municipality grid distribution²¹Official
PM10 — annual mean	24 µg/m³country median 22.0	2025	Official annual background concentration municipality summary; Mediana of the source municipality grid distribution²¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	16 µg/m³country median 14.0	2025	Official annual background concentration municipality summary; Mediana of the source municipality grid distribution²¹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 20.56 · Feb 20.94 · Mar 23.86 · Apr 27.74 · May 33.46 · Jun 39.06 · Jul 39.11 · Aug 40.65 · Sep 35.32 · Oct 30.1 · Nov 23 · Dec 16.17 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²⁰Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.12 · Feb -11.35 · Mar -9.88 · Apr -3.9 · May 2.64 · Jun 5.27 · Jul 11.14 · Aug 9.92 · Sep 5.57 · Oct -0.49 · Nov -4.33 · Dec -11.88 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.69 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 7.59 · Apr 11.87 · May 16.56 · Jun 21.86 · Jul 24.82 · Aug 24.35 · Sep 18.84 · Oct 13.65 · Nov 8.03 · Dec 3.69 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²⁰Official

Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2025

14.4

17.5

20.5

23.6

16.020132016201820222025

Annual PM2.5 fell 15.8% between 2013 and 2025, from 19.0 to 16.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Reggio nell'Emilia?

The published population was 172,284 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport83.2%
Foreign residents16.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	981.2 cars per 1000 people	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat³Official
City area	230.7 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²³Official
Foreign-resident share	16.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Eurostat⁴Official
Foreign residents	29,001 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.²²Official
Population density	749.6 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁴Official
Female residents	86,664 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Male residents	85,620 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Population	172,284 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁴Official

Population over time12 published observations, 2014–2025

169,699

170,711

171,722

172,734

172,28420142016201820222025

Population was 172,525 in 2014 and 172,284 in 2025.

Foreign residents over time13 published observations, 2014–2026

26,471

28,247

30,022

31,798

29,001201420162018202220242026

Foreign residents fell 7.7% between 2014 and 2026, from 31,431 to 29,001.

International community in Reggio Emilia

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	172,284	100.0%
Italia	137,473	79.8%
Albania	3,772	2.2%
Marocco	2,827	1.6%
Egitto	2,797	1.6%
Ucraina	2,527	1.5%
Moldova	2,145	1.2%
Cina	2,074	1.2%
Nigeria	1,738	1.0%
Romania	1,594	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Ghana	1,502	0.9%
Tunisia	1,288	0.7%
Georgia	1,137	0.7%
Pakistan	850	0.5%
Senegal	613	0.4%
Sri Lanka	585	0.3%
Brasile	574	0.3%
India	536	0.3%
Germania	461	0.3%
Federazione russa	446	0.3%
Kosovo	427	0.2%
Bangladesh	392	0.2%
Filippine	388	0.2%
Svizzera	355	0.2%
Repubblica Dominicana	355	0.2%
Burkina Faso	350	0.2%
Polonia	342	0.2%
Costa d'Avorio	295	0.2%
Colombia	265	0.2%
Argentina	264	0.2%
Francia	238	0.1%
Camerun	175	0.1%
Venezuela	172	0.1%
Regno Unito	155	0.1%
Mali	149	0.1%
Algeria	145	0.1%
Libia	142	0.1%
Gambia	141	0.1%
Cuba	136	0.1%
Guinea	134	0.1%
Stati Uniti d'America	122	0.1%
Spagna	118	0.1%
Belgio	93	0.1%
Etiopia	89	0.1%
Bulgaria	85	0.0%
Perù	81	0.0%
Thailandia	61	0.0%
Maurizio	58	0.0%
Grecia	55	0.0%
Togo	52	0.0%
Iran	51	0.0%
Ecuador	50	0.0%
Ungheria	49	0.0%
Vietnam	49	0.0%
Siria	45	0.0%
Turchia	44	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	42	0.0%
Lettonia	41	0.0%
Libano	41	0.0%
Bielorussia	39	0.0%
Afghanistan	39	0.0%
Liberia	38	0.0%
Somalia	38	0.0%
Canada	38	0.0%
Messico	36	0.0%
Uzbekistan	35	0.0%
Cile	34	0.0%
Lituania	28	0.0%
Croazia	28	0.0%
Eritrea	28	0.0%
Australia	27	0.0%
Benin	26	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	24	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	24	0.0%
Serbia	24	0.0%
Kazakhstan	23	0.0%
Slovacchia	21	0.0%
Madagascar	21	0.0%
Giappone	19	0.0%
Sudafrica	19	0.0%
Portogallo	18	0.0%
Giordania	18	0.0%
Uruguay	18	0.0%
Austria	16	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	16	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	16	0.0%
Niger	16	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	16	0.0%
Svezia	15	0.0%
Slovenia	14	0.0%
Angola	14	0.0%
Israele	13	0.0%
Congo	13	0.0%
Sierra Leone	13	0.0%
Sudan	13	0.0%
El Salvador	12	0.0%
Irlanda	11	0.0%
Nepal	11	0.0%
Capo Verde	11	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	10	0.0%
Kenya	10	0.0%
Palestina	9	0.0%
Mozambico	9	0.0%
Finlandia	8	0.0%
Iraq	8	0.0%
Estonia	7	0.0%
Indonesia	7	0.0%
Azerbaigian	7	0.0%
Danimarca	6	0.0%
Laos	6	0.0%
Armenia	6	0.0%
Taiwan	6	0.0%
Costa Rica	6	0.0%
Panama	6	0.0%
Bolivia	6	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	6	0.0%
Kuwait	5	0.0%
Kirghizistan	5	0.0%
Honduras	5	0.0%
Paraguay	5	0.0%
San Marino	4	0.0%
Corea del Sud	4	0.0%
Mongolia	4	0.0%
Burundi	4	0.0%
Nicaragua	4	0.0%
Monaco	3	0.0%
Norvegia	3	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Lussemburgo	2	0.0%
Malta	2	0.0%
Montenegro	2	0.0%
Cambogia	2	0.0%
Yemen	2	0.0%
Tagikistan	2	0.0%
Ciad	2	0.0%
Gabon	2	0.0%
Mauritania	2	0.0%
Seychelles	2	0.0%
Tanzania	2	0.0%
Zimbabwe	2	0.0%
Giamaica	2	0.0%
Islanda	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Ruanda	1	0.0%
Uganda	1	0.0%
Sud Sudan	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Haiti	1	0.0%
Tonga	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Citizenship

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	172,284	100.0%
Italia	143,535	83.3%
Albania	2,705	1.6%
Cina	2,627	1.5%
Egitto	2,624	1.5%
Romania	2,456	1.4%
Ucraina	2,388	1.4%
Nigeria	2,166	1.3%
Marocco	2,009	1.2%
Ghana	1,264	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Georgia	1,146	0.7%
Tunisia	1,123	0.7%
Moldova	942	0.5%
Pakistan	839	0.5%
Sri Lanka	562	0.3%
Senegal	515	0.3%
India	431	0.3%
Bangladesh	380	0.2%
Filippine	373	0.2%
Kosovo	354	0.2%
Burkina Faso	286	0.2%
Brasile	268	0.2%
Polonia	262	0.2%
Costa d'Avorio	226	0.1%
Federazione russa	196	0.1%
Repubblica Dominicana	195	0.1%
Camerun	178	0.1%
Mali	172	0.1%
Gambia	143	0.1%
Guinea	141	0.1%
Colombia	107	0.1%
Algeria	101	0.1%
Spagna	99	0.1%
Bulgaria	89	0.1%
Cuba	63	0.0%
Venezuela	53	0.0%
Francia	51	0.0%
Germania	51	0.0%
Perù	50	0.0%
Maurizio	46	0.0%
Regno Unito	45	0.0%
Afghanistan	42	0.0%
Togo	42	0.0%
Lettonia	40	0.0%
Argentina	39	0.0%
Iran	35	0.0%
Lituania	31	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	31	0.0%
Turchia	30	0.0%
Thailandia	29	0.0%
Grecia	28	0.0%
Ecuador	27	0.0%
Benin	26	0.0%
Ungheria	25	0.0%
Bielorussia	25	0.0%
Somalia	23	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	22	0.0%
Croazia	19	0.0%
Libano	19	0.0%
Siria	19	0.0%
Messico	19	0.0%
Libia	18	0.0%
Giappone	17	0.0%
Portogallo	16	0.0%
Serbia	15	0.0%
Uzbekistan	14	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	14	0.0%
Liberia	14	0.0%
Irlanda	13	0.0%
Etiopia	13	0.0%
Eritrea	13	0.0%
Niger	12	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	11	0.0%
Palestina	11	0.0%
Giordania	11	0.0%
El Salvador	11	0.0%
Belgio	10	0.0%
Slovacchia	10	0.0%
Madagascar	10	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	9	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	9	0.0%
Vietnam	9	0.0%
Sierra Leone	9	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	9	0.0%
Austria	8	0.0%
Slovenia	8	0.0%
Congo	8	0.0%
Canada	8	0.0%
Indonesia	7	0.0%
Israele	7	0.0%
Svizzera	6	0.0%
Estonia	6	0.0%
Cile	6	0.0%
Uruguay	6	0.0%
Azerbaigian	5	0.0%
Angola	5	0.0%
Kenya	5	0.0%
Sudafrica	5	0.0%
Sudan	5	0.0%
Iraq	4	0.0%
Kazakhstan	4	0.0%
Nicaragua	4	0.0%
Paraguay	4	0.0%
Danimarca	3	0.0%
Finlandia	3	0.0%
Svezia	3	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Mozambico	3	0.0%
Bolivia	3	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	3	0.0%
Apolide	3	0.0%
Laos	2	0.0%
Tagikistan	2	0.0%
Taiwan	2	0.0%
Capo Verde	2	0.0%
Ciad	2	0.0%
Gabon	2	0.0%
Costa Rica	2	0.0%
Islanda	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Norvegia	1	0.0%
San Marino	1	0.0%
Montenegro	1	0.0%
Corea del Sud	1	0.0%
Malaysia	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Mauritania	1	0.0%
Seychelles	1	0.0%
Zimbabwe	1	0.0%
Sud Sudan	1	0.0%
Dominica	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Australia	1	0.0%
Samoa	1	0.0%
Tonga	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	19.45 %	31 Dec 2023	ISTAT permanent population and housing census by census section and municipality¹⁵Official
Non-citizens, share of residents	16.69 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹²Official
Households	81,414 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Reggio Emilia

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Parma as a Reggio Emilia alternative in the same region

27 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Nearest airport: 4.0 km Parma vs 30.0 km Reggio Emilia−87%
Rent: €7.00/m² Parma vs €6.38/m² Reggio Emilia+10%
Unemployment: 5.2% Parma vs 5.9% Reggio Emilia−12%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,214 Parma vs 3,925 Reggio Emilia+7%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 713.7 Parma vs 628.0 Reggio Emilia+14%
Residents: 198,693 Parma vs 172,284 Reggio Emilia+15%
Median gross pay, region: €2,396 Parma vs €2,314 Reggio Emilia+4%

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Reggio Calabria as a Reggio Emilia alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 843 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.55/m² Reggio Calabria vs €6.38/m² Reggio Emilia−44%
Median gross pay, region: €1,420 Reggio Calabria vs €2,314 Reggio Emilia−39%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,825 Reggio Calabria vs 3,925 Reggio Emilia−28%
Foreign residents: 7.3% (2026) Reggio Calabria vs 16.7% (2025) Reggio Emiliano percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 561.7 Reggio Calabria vs 628.0 Reggio Emilia−11%
Residents: 168,779 Reggio Calabria vs 172,284 Reggio Emilia−2%

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Cities near Reggio Emilia

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with Reggio Emilia, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Reggio Calabria168,779 residents Perugia162,050 residents Modena184,074 residents Taranto186,011 residents Ravenna156,340 residents Livorno153,154 residents

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Reggio Emilia in rankings

#9 of 30 in Most international cities in Italy #21 of 30 in Largest cities in Italy

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Common questions

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How many people live in Reggio nell'Emilia?

The published population was 172,284 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Reggio nell'Emilia?

Average net cold rent is about 6.38 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 446 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in Reggio nell'Emilia?

How safe is Reggio nell'Emilia?

Police recorded about 3,925 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov.

What is the unemployment rate in Reggio nell'Emilia?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2023). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Reggio Emilia?

The median gross salary is 2,314 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is Reggio Emilia a good place to live?

Reggio Emilia may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Reggio Emilia?

Cadelbosco di Sopra, Cavriago, Bagnolo in Piano, Albinea, Campegine are near Reggio Emilia. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) live in Reggio Emilia?

The official country of birth distribution records 172,284 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Reggio Emilia, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4f25527e13fea2a7274f0ba1b6c7cfa1]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/reggio-emilia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Reggio Emilia, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4f25527e13fea2a7274f0ba1b6c7cfa1},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/reggio-emilia/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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