Province o Reggio Emilia
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The Province o Reggio Emilia (Italian: Provincia di Reggio Emilia) is ane o the aicht provinces o the Italian Region o Emilia-Romagna. The caipital ceety, which is the maist densely populatit comune in the Province, is Reggio Emilia.
Province o Reggio Emilia | |
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Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Reggio Emilia in Italy | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Emilia-Romagna |
Caipital(s) | Reggio Emilia |
Comuni | 44 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Sonia Masini (PD) |
Area | |
• Total | 2293 km2 (885 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 530,343 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 42010-42025, 42028, 42030-42035, 42037, 42039-42049, 42121-42124 |
Telephone prefix | 0522, 0536 |
Vehicle registration | RE |
ISTAT | 035 |
It haes an aurie o 2,293 km² an, based on the 2010 Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat) census, it haes a total population o 530,343[1]. There are 44 comuni (singular: comune) in the province[2] Rolo, the smawest commune in the Province bi aurie, is the commune fairthest tae the East. Collagna is the commune farthest tae the wast. The border touns o the Province are Ligonchio, which is the smawest commune bi population, tae the sooth an Luzzara in the north. Luzzara is the seicont lairgest commune in Emilia-Romagna an haes the heichest number o foreign naitionals in the region.[3]
The Province is hame tae the historical Canossa Castle, property o the coontess Matilde; it is whaur the famous Walk tae Canossa o Henry IV occurred. Representatives o the free municipalities o Reggio, Modena, Bologna an Ferrara met in Reggio Emilia's Sala del Tricolore in 1797 tae proclaim the Repubblica Cispadana, adoptin the three colour green-white-red flag tae represent their newly formit Republic; it wis later adoptit in 1848 as the naitional flag.[4]