Province of Bolzano/Bozen (Italy)
Population: 527.750
Third country Nationals: 6%
Type of area: Predominantly rural; border region; more than 50% of population and 50% of surface are in mountain areas
Implementing partners: University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Caritas Bolzano-Bressanone (CARITAS BZ)
Free State of Bavaria (Germany)
Population: 524.905 in total; (Berchtesgadener Land (BGL) 105.052; Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GAP) 88.155; Regen (REG) 77.489; Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim (NEA) 99.641; Oberallgäu (OA) 154.568)
Third country Nationals: Berchtesgadener Land (BGL) 4,3%; Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GAP) 6%; Regen (REG) 2,8%; Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim (NEA) 3,4% (NEA); Oberallgäu (OA) 3,4%
Type of area: predominantly rural (NEA, REG), intermediate (BGL, GAP, OA), mountain (BGL, GAP, OA, REG)
Implementing partners: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Tür an Tür – Integrationsprojekte gGmbH (TAT)
Carinthia (Austria)
Population: 560.898 (Klagenfurt-Villach 286579; Oberkärnten 124389; Unterkärnten 149930)
Third country Nationals: 3,9% (Klagenfurt-Villach 5,6%)
Type of area: Intermediate (Klagenfurt-Villach) Predominantly rural (Oberkärnten, Unterkärnten); border region; more than 50 % of population and 50 % of surface are in mountain areas;
Implementing partners: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Municipality of Villach (VILL)
Dalarna (Sweden)
Population: 286.165
Third Country Nationals: no data available
Type of area: Predominantly rural; borden region; non-mountain region.
Implementing partners: Uppsala University (UU), Dalarna University (HAD), Region Dalarna (DALARNA)
Turin (Italy)
Population: 2.269.120
Third country Nationals: 4,9%
Type of area: predominantly urban; border region; more than 50% of surface are in mountain areas.
Implementing partners: University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Metropolitan City of Turin (CMTURIN)
North Karelia (Finland)
Population: 162.986
Third country Nationals: 1,9%
Type of area: Predominantly rural; border region; non-mountain region.
Implementing partners: University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys ry (JoMoNi)
Outer Hebrides* and North Ayrshire
Population: In total: 160.750; 26,500 (Outer Hebrides – 2020 estimation); 134,250 (North Ayrshire – 2020 estimation)
Third country nationals: Outer Hebrides: 1,7% (3% if we include also EU citizens) (2011); North Ayrshire 1% (2% if we include also EU citizens) (2011)
Type of area: Outer Hebrides – predominantly rural, costal region, non-mountainous region; North Ayrshire – Intermediate, costal, non-mountainous region
Implementing partners: University of Parma, COSLA
* Na h-Eileanan Siar or Western Isles
Voralberg (Austria)
Population: 391.741 (Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald 91.399; Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet 300.342)
Third country Nationals Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald 6,4%; Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet 9,1%
Type of area: Predominantly rural (Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald); Predominantly urban (Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet); border regions; more than 50 % of population and 50 % of surface are in mountain areas.
Implementing partners: Austrian Federal Institute of Agroeconomics (BAB), okay.zusammen leben (OKAY)
Ostrobothnia (Finland)
Population: 180.945
Third country Nationals: 3,7%
Type of area: Predominantly rural; non-border region; non-mountain region.
Implementing partners: University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Migration Institute of Finland (MIF)
Haskovo (Bulgaria)
Population: 88.155
Third Country Nationals: no data available
Type of area: Intermediate; border region; non-mountain region.
Implementing partners: New Bulgarian University (NBU), Caritas Bulgaria (CARITAS BG)
Gudbrandsdalen (Norway)
Population: 386.836
Third country Nationals: 5,1%
Type of Area: Predominantly rural; border region, Hedmark: more than 50% of surface are in mountain areas; Oppland: more than 50% of population and 50% of surface are in mountain areas.
Implementing partners: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN), Innlandet County Council
Huesca (Spain)
Population: 219.174
Third Country Nationals: 5,3%
Type of area: Intermediate; border region; more than 50% of surface are in mountain areas.
Implementing partners: University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR), Government of Aragón, Department of Citizenship and Social Rights (ARAGON)
Bursa (Turkey)
Population: 2.936.803
Third Country Nationals: 7,4%
Type of area: Predominantly urban; non-border region; more than 50% of population and 50 % of surface are in mountain areas.
Implementing partners: Istanbul Bilgi University (BILGI), Support to Life (STL)
Data sources
Population: Eurostat 2020, Population change – Demographic balance and crude rates at regional level (NUTS 3)
Share of Third Country Nationals over total population: Bulgaria: no data available; Germany: Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office of Germany); Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistical Institute of Spain); Italy: ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics); Austria: Statistik Austria STATcube; Finland: Statistics Finland; Sweden: no data available; UK: ONS; Norway: Statistics Norway; Turkey: Turkish Statistical Institute.
Type of Area: Eurostat, European Commission – Rural development. Methodology. Urban-Rural Typology, Eurostat Regions and cities. Regions and Cities Illustrated (RCI), Border; Eurostat Regions and cities. Regions and Cities Illustrated (RCI), Mountain. (11.03.2020)