Total population | |
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c. 295,000 (by birth)[1] c. 530,000 (by ancestry, corresponding to about 7% of the total Swiss population)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Heavily concentrated in Bern, Zürich, Basel, Lugano, Lausanne | |
Languages | |
Swiss Italian · Swiss French · Swiss German · Romansh · Italian and Italian dialects | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism (74%)[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian Finns, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa |
Italian immigration to Switzerland (unrelated to the indigenous Italian-speaking population in Ticino and in the southern part of Grisons)[4] is related to the Italian diaspora in Switzerland. Italian emigration to Switzerland took place mainly from the end of the 19th century.[5]