Romanians in Italy (

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: ''românii din Italia'';

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: ''romeni in Italia'' or ''rumeni in Italia'') became a significant population after 1999, due to a large wave of

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known in Romania as ''Fenomenul migrației către UE'' (the phenomenon of migration toward the

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). A large part of Romanian emigrants went to

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, whose national languages are

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. They were followed by another wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to move to any

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country without a visa. In 2007 Romania joined the European Union, further increasing the economic and political ties between the countries. , there were 1,137,728 Romanian citizens living in Italy, the largest Romanian immigrant population in any country as well as the largest immigrant group within Italy. Between 2008 and 2020, 98,499 Romanians acquired Italian citizenship. Banzi og Caldarini

Demographics

Population

Religion

In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Romanian people in Italy were as follows: * Orthodox Christians: 79.0% *

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: 13.9% *

Protestants Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

: 2.2% *

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

: 0.1% *

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: 2.7% * Other religions: 2.2%

Notable people

: ''This list includes people of Romanian origin born in Italy or people born in Romania but mainly active in Italy.'' * Dinu Adameșteanu (1913–2004), archaeologist *

Alexandra Agiurgiuculese Alexandra Ana Maria Agiurgiuculese (born January 15, 2001) is a Romanian-Italian individual rhythmic gymnast who represents Italy and was coached by Špela Dragaš. She is a four-time medalist at the 2016 European Junior Championships. At the ...

(b. 2001), rhythmic gymnast *

Chris Avram Chris Avram (born Cristea Avram; August 31, 1931 – January 10, 1989) was a Romanian- Italian film actor. Early life and career Avram was born in Bucharest, into a family of active communists (his father being a member of the Romanian Communist ...

(1931–1989), actor * Ramona Bădescu (b. 1968), actress and television host *

Paolo Bonolis Paolo Bonolis (; born 14 June 1961) is an Italian television host. He made his debut in 1981 on ''Tre, due, uno, contatto...'', a program for children that aired on Italian national broadcaster Rai. Biography In 1982, he moved to Italia 1 where ...

(b. 1961), television host *

Cristian Chivu Cristian Eugen Chivu (; born 26 October 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-19 side. A defender, he began his career with hometown club CSM Reșița before moving to ...

(b. 1980), football player * Fritz Dennerlein (1936–1992), freestyle swimmer * Iosif Drăgan (1917–2008), businessman and historian *

Nicolao Dumitru Nicolao Manuel Dumitru Cardoso (born 12 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Israeli Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin. Mainly a left winger, he can also play as a forward. Club career Early career Dumitru started ...

(b. 1991), football player *

Loredana Errore Loredana Errore (born 27 October 1984) is a Romanian-born Italian singer-songwriter. After participating in various singing competitions, she officially debuted in 2009 at the ninth edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi' ...

(b. 1984), singer-songwriter * Mădălina Ghenea (b. 1987), actress and model *

Claudia Koll Claudia Koll (born Claudia Maria Rosaria Colacione; 17 May 1965) is an Italian actress. Biography Claudia Koll was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part ...

(b. 1965), actress and missionary * Veronica Lazăr (1938–2014), actress *

Marius Mitrea Marius Mitrea (born 25 February 1982) is a rugby union referee who represents the Italian Rugby Federation. Born in Romania, Mitrea moved to Treviso, Italy in 1999 after he finished high school, where he learnt Italian, Spanish, French and Engli ...

(b. 1982), rugby union referee *

Ana Caterina Morariu Ana Caterina Morariu (born 20 November 1980) is a Romanian-born actress Italian naturalized. Life and career Born in Cluj-Napoca, the daughter of the classic ballet dancer Marineta Rodica Rotaru, at a young age Morariu moved to Italy with her ...

(b. 1980), actress * Gabriele Oriali (b. 1952), football player * Cristina Pîrv (b. 1972), volleyball player *

Bogdan Rath Bogdan Rath (born 28 June 1972) is a Romanian and later Italian water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (for Romania) and in the 2004 Summer Olympics (for Italy). See also * List of sportspeople who competed for more th ...

(b. 1972), water polo player *

Andreea Stefanescu Andreea Ştefănescu (born 13 December 1993 in Iaşi) is a Romanian-born Italian rhythmic gymnast. Biography She was part of the 2010 and 2011 Italian team that competed at the World Championships that won the Group All-around gold medal. He ...

(b. 1993), rhythmic gymnast * Cristian Stoica (b. 1976), rugby union footballer *

Linda Valori Linda Valori (born 3 September 1978 in San Benedetto del Tronto, Province of Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian singer. In 2004, she won third place at the Sanremo Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Medi ...

(b. 1978), singer * Roman Vlad (1919–2013), composer and pianist *

Virginia Zeani Virginia Zeani (born Virginia Zehan; 21 October 1925), Commendatore OMRI is a Romanian-born opera singer who sang leading soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America. As a singer, she was known for her dramatic intensity and ...

(b. 1925), soprano

References

External links

La comunità romena in Italia
website {{Immigration to Italy

Romanian minorities in Europe