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A comune is an Italian municipality — the basic unit of local government. There are 7,900+ comuni in Italy, each with its own anagrafe (civil registry) and mayor (sindaco).
For CBD cases, the comune of the ancestor's birth is the primary source of vital records. Some comuni (e.g., Rome, Milan, Naples) are well-staffed and respond quickly; others (particularly small comuni in rural areas) may take weeks or months to respond.
After Italian citizenship is recognized (whether by consular filing or 1948 judicial sentence), the applicant is registered in the anagrafe of an Italian comune — typically the comune of the ancestor's birth or a comune chosen by the applicant.
Related terms
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
Stato civile (civil status) refers to the Italian system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, maintained by the anagrafe in each commune.
AIRE (Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all'Estero) is the registry of Italian citizens living abroad, maintained by each Italian consulate.
Jure sanguinis (Italian for 'right of blood') is the Italian citizenship-by-descent regime, which has no generational limit and is the most accessible CBD regime in Europe.
A 1948 case is a judicial petition for Italian citizenship filed in the civil court of Rome, available to descendants of Italian women who gave birth before January 1, 1948.
An atto di nascita is an Italian birth certificate, retrieved from the anagrafe (civil registry) of the commune where the person was born.