In just 5 years, from 2017 to today, the provinces of Oristano, Nuoro and South Sardinia have lost more than 5 percent of their population. The situation is slightly better for the Sassarese and the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, which somehow manage to "contain the damage".
An assessment that emerged today in Iglesias as part of the presentation of the " Annual emigration report " drawn up by the Regional Emigration-Immigration Center of the ACLI, on the occasion of the meeting organized by the Industrial Workers' Mutual Aid Society of Iglesias , and which light all the problems related to depopulation and emigration , especially of young people.
In Sardinia, it was explained, only 7 municipalities exceed the threshold of 30 thousand inhabitants (Cagliari, Sassari, Quartu, Olbia, Alghero, Nuoro, Oristano), 16 exceed 15 thousand. In the first 20 municipalities there are over half of the inhabitants of the island, the remainder live in the other 357 municipalities.
To provide some data, analyzing the territories with a negative natural balance (therefore the difference between births and deaths), Bidonì is in first place (-3.73 percent), with a positive Elini balance (0.54 percent ). In the migratory field, the first municipality for negative balance is Pompu (-5.26 percent), with positive balance Semestene (11.63 percent).
Where do all these young people who leave go? Based on the Crei (Regional Emigration and Immigration Center) -Iares elaboration on Aire data of 2021, Germany is the king with almost 8 thousand presences (7,978), followed by France with 5,218 and Belgium with 3,450.
The Sardinians over 65 mostly choose France and Germany (5,203 appearances for the first, 5,187 for the second).
