| NAME: |
Italy |
| LOCATION: |
Europe |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Approximately 90% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south).
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