From the 18th century, many Italians settled in Spain and in the
Spanish Empire to work in the administration of the
Bourbon dynasty. The Italian
Giulio Alberoni was appointed as minister of foreign affairs in 1715. In the 19th century, after the departure of
Queen Isabella II, the parliament chose the Italian prince
Amedeo of Savoy to reign in Spain and did so (as Amedeo I) between 1871 and 1873. Nowadays Italians in Spain are one of the largest communities of immigrant groups in
Spain, with Italian citizens in the country; part of the Italian citizens in Spain are not native from Italy but emigrated from countries like
Argentina or
Uruguay. The immigration rate of Italian nationals increased in the second part of the 2010s, and, in 2018, Italians trumped
Chinese nationals as the third biggest foreign nationality in the Spanish workforce. Most of the Italians citizens dwell in
Catalonia, the
Community of Madrid, the
Valencian Community, the
Balearic Islands and the
Canary Islands. == Foreign population of Italian citizenship in Spain ==