Province of Reggio Emilia

The **Province of Reggio Emilia** ( or ) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in northeastern Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio Emilia.

## Geography

Reggio Emilia is a landlocked (it does not border the ocean) province in central Emilia-Romagna. It has an area of .

The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua province), to the east by the Modena province, to the west by the Parma province and to the south by Tuscany (Lucca and the Massa-Carrara provinces).

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cusna (); it is . This mountain is in the "Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park" (). Other high mountains are Monte Prado,  high, and Alpe di Succiso,  high.

The main rivers in the province are:
- Po river, that makes the border with the Mantua for about .
- Enza river, a tributary of the Po river and that makes the border with the Parma for about .
- Secchia river, also a tributary of the Po, and that makes in part the border with the Modena.

## Population

There are 532,483 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

## Administration

The following shows the 42 _comuni_ with the population, and the area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population|Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density <small>(inh./km²)</small> !! Altitude|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Albinea||43.89||166|
|2|Bagnolo in Piano||26.94||32|
|3|Baiso||75.55||542|
|4|Bibbiano||28.16||121|
|5|Boretto||18.11||23|
|6|Brescello||24.04||24|
|7|Cadelbosco di Sopra||43.60||33|
|8|Campagnola Emilia||24.39||22|
|9|Campegine||22.62||34|
|10|Canossa||53.08||219|
|11|Carpineti||89.57||562|
|12|Casalgrande||37.71||97|
|13|Casina||63.80||574|
|14|Castellarano||58.06||149|
|15|Castelnovo di Sotto||35.01||27|
|16|Castelnovo ne' Monti||96.68||700|
|17|Cavriago||17.02||78|
|18|Correggio||77.51||31|
|19|Fabbrico||23.63||25|
|20|Gattatico||42.15||40|
|21|Gualtieri||35.65||22|
|22|Guastalla||52.93||25|
|23|Luzzara||38.54||22|
|24|Montecchio Emilia||24.39||99|
|25|Novellara||58.11||24|
|26|Poviglio||43.55||29|
|27|Quattro Castella||46.31||161|
|28|Reggio Emilia||230.66||58|
|29|Reggiolo||42.68||20|
|30|Rio Saliceto||22.56||24|
|31|Rolo||14.17||21|
|32|Rubiera||25.19||53|
|33|San Martino in Rio||22.72||36|
|34|San Polo d'Enza||32.29||166|
|35|Sant'Ilario d'Enza||20.23||59|
|36|Scandiano||50.05||95|
|37|Toano||67.25||842|
|38|Ventasso||258.18||855|
|39|Vetto||53.37||447|
|40|Vezzano sul Crostolo||37.82||162|
|41|Viano||44.97||275|
|42|Villa Minozzo||168.08||680|

## Other websites

- Provincia di Reggio Emilia homepage
- Provincia di Reggio Emilia Tourism office
- Emilia-Romagna Tourism office

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Reggio Emilia
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Palazzo ducale reggio emilia 1.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo Ducale (Reggio Emilia), Palazzo Ducale, sede della Provincia
- **image caption**: _Palazzo Ducale_, headquarters of the province
- **image flag**: Flag of the province of Reggio Emilia.svg
- **image shield**: Coat of Arms of the province of Reggio Emilia.svg
- **image map**: Reggio Emilia in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Reggio Emilia in Italy
- **map caption**: Reggio Emilia, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Reggio Emilia
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 42
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Giammaria Manghi
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2291.26
- **population total**: 532483
- **population as of**: 1 January 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: Province: 42010-42049
Reggio Emilia: 42121-42124
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0522, 0536
- **iso code**: IT-RE
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, RE
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 035
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.re.it/ Official website]