Editing Italian irredentism (section)

== Italian populations of the claimed territories ==
Various points were brought forward as arguments in support of the irredentist theses of claim, such as the geographical belonging of those lands to the Italian peninsula or the presence of more or less numerous communities of Italians or Italian speakers.

After World War I the situation of the claimed lands was as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|first=Giulio|last=Vignoli|title=Gli Italiani dimenticati. Minoranze italiane in Europa|year=2000|language=it|publisher=A. Giuffrè|isbn=978-8814081453}}.</ref>
* Italians and Italian speakers in the [[County of Nice]]: around 4,000 (estimate);
* Italian speakers in [[Ticino]] and [[Grisons]] (Switzerland): approximately 230,000;
* Italians and Italian speakers in [[Dalmatia]]: around 20,000;
* Italian speakers in [[Malta]]: approximately 200,000 estimated;
* Italian speakers in [[Corsica]]: approximately 200,000 estimated.