Capua

25 m elevation · Pop. 16,925

Italy

Campania

Caserta

Capua is a comune in the provincia of Caserta, Campania with a population of 17,918 as of 2025. Between 1830 and 1912, at least 1,237 passengers departing from Capua arrived in the United States.

Contact

To request vital records from the anagrafe (records office), write to the PEC address or email below. Include the full name, approximate date, and record type in Italian.

PEC

[email protected]

Website

www.comune.capua.ce.it

Address

Piazza Giudici, 4
81043 Capua

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Località

Each Italian comune is divided into località (localities), which include centri abitati (populated centers) and nuclei abitati (smaller settlements).

Centri abitati

AltitudePopulation

Capua25m13,993
Sant'Angelo in Formis30m2,651

Nuclei abitati

AltitudePopulation

Via Villarella25m251
Via Giardini30m30

Population and Migration

This chart shows annual resident population, US arrivals (1830 to 1912), and international migration (2001 to present). Not all data is available for every period, so gaps are normal.

US arrivals peaked in 1906 with 247 recorded passengers. Since 2001, net international immigration has added the equivalent of 11% of the current population.

Related guide

Italian Immigration to America

What drove families to leave Capua for America, and what the crossing was like.

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Total US arrivals

1830–1912

Peak year

1906

247 arrivals

Cittadinanza per discendenza

Could a line from Capua qualify for Italian citizenship?

Between 1830 and 1912, at least 1,237 passengers from Capua arrived in the United States. Arrivals peaked in 1906. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

The birthplace alone does not decide it. Each generation between that ancestor and you does: who naturalized, and when. Since the 2025 law, the number of generations matters too.

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