Emilia-Romagna Region

Location: Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Surnames/tags: Italy Italian Roots Emilia-Romagna

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Contents 1 Region of Emilia-Romagna 2 Provinces (Province) 3 History (Storia) 4 Sources (Fonti)

Region of Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna (pronounced [eˈmiːlja roˈmaɲɲa], Emilian: Emélia-Rumâgna, Romagnol: Emélia-Rumâgna) is an administrative Region of Northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi), and about 4.4 million inhabitants.

Emilia-Romagna is one of the wealthiest and most developed regions in Europe, with the third highest GDP per capita in Italy. Bologna, its capital, has one of Italy's highest quality of life indices and advanced social services. Emilia-Romagna is also a cultural and tourist centre, being the home of the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world, containing Romanesque and Renaissance cities (such as Modena, Parma and Ferrara), being a centre for food and automobile production (home of automotive companies such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, De Tomaso and Ducati) and having popular coastal resorts such as Rimini and Riccione.

Provinces (Province)

Emilia-Romagna is divided into nine provinces, including the metropolitan city of Bologna.

Locations of provinces of Emilia-Romagna.

Province	Number of Comuni	Population	Area (km²)	Web site
Metropolitan City of Bologna	55	1,015,108	3,703	Bologna
Ferrara	21	345,691	2,635	Ferrara
Forlì-Cesena	30	394,627	2,378	Forlì-Cesena
Modena	47	705,422	2688	Modena
Parma	44	452,022	3,447	Parma
Piacenza	46	287,780	2,586	Piacenza
Ravenna	18	389,235	1,859	Ravenna
Reggio Emilia	42	531,891	2,291	Reggio Emilia
Rimini	27	339,437	922	Rimini

History (Storia)

Sources (Fonti)

• Wikipedia on Region of Emilia-Romagna

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