Back Italiener in der Schweiz German Ιταλοί στην Ελβετία Greek Italo-svizzeri Italian Італійська імміграція до Швейцарії Ukrainian
 Construction workers, mostly Italian, at the Gotthard Tunnel in Airolo around 1880. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ A figure of 527.817 was claimed in 2000 ("Bei der ersten Konferenz der Italiener in Welt[?sic] im Dezember 2000 in Rom und in Lecce zählt man 527.817 in der Schweiz wohnhafte Italiener." "Die italienische Auswanderung in die Schweiz" (PDF). Zürich Town Hall. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-06-28.[unreliable source?]. 295,000 Italian citizens with residence in Switzerland as of 2007.
- ^ "Gli italiani continuano a emigrare; un milione in fuga negli ultimi 4 anni" (in Italian). December 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Religions".
- ^ David Levinson (1998). Ethnic groups worldwide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 88–90. ISBN 9781573560191. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ Marc Vuilleumier. "Stranieri" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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