Province of Modena

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

## Geography

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

The provincial capital, the city of Modena, is surrounded by two rivers, both right tributaries of the Po river: the _Secchia_ and the _Panaro_. The city is at about  of Bologna, the capital of the region.

The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua province), to the east by the Ferrara province and the Metropolitan City of Bologna, to the west by the Reggio Emilia province and to the south by Tuscany (Lucca and the Pistoia provinces).

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimone (); it is  ., the highest mountain in the Emilia-Romagna region and of the northern Apennines. There is a regional park, _Parco regionale dell'Alto Appennino Modenese_, around this mountain.

## Population

There are 700,862 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

## Administration

The following shows the _comuni_ of the province with more of 10,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).

|No.|ISTAT Code !!  _Comune_ !! Population|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|036023|Modena|184,727|
|2|036005|Carpi|71,060|
|3|036040|Sassuolo|40,813|
|4|036015|Formigine|34,327|
|5|036006|Castelfranco Emilia|32,607|
|6|036046|Vignola|25,383|
|7|036022|Mirandola|23,661|
|8|036019|Maranello|17,492|
|9|036030|Pavullo nel Frignano|17,400|
|10|036013|Fiorano Modenese|17,034|
|11|036027|Nonantola|15,882|
|12|036012|Finale Emilia|15,597|
|13|036044|Soliera|15,285|
|14|036007|Castelnuovo Rangone|14,930|
|15|036045|Spilamberto|12,744|
|16|036008|Castelvetro di Modena|11,195|
|17|036037|San Felice sul Panaro|10,831|
|18|036002|Bomporto|10,161|
|19|036028|Novi di Modena|10,141|

## Other websites

- Provincia di Forlì-Cesena homepage
- Portale del Turismo della Provincia di Modena

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Modena
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Fontana dei due fiumi a Modena.JPG
- **image alt**: Fontana dei due fiumi, Modena
- **image caption**: _Fontana dei due fiumi_, Modena
- **image flag**: Flag_of_the_province_of_Modena.svg
- **image shield**: Coat of Arms of the Province of Modena.svg
- **image map**: Modena in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Modena in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Modena, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Emilia-Romagna
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Modena
- **parts type**: _Comune, Comuni_
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 47
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Gian Carlo Muzzarelli
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2688.02
- **population total**: 700862
- **population as of**: 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**: 41121–41126
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 0535, 0536
- **iso code**: IT-MO
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, MO
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 036
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.modena.it Official website]