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(km²)  Density(inh./km²)  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

References

Other websites

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