Province of Modena
Province of Modena | |
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 Fontana dei due fiumi, Modena | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map with the province of Modena, in red, in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°38′41″N 10°55′32″E / 44.64472°N 10.92556°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Capital | Modena |
| Comuni | 47 |
| Government | |
| • President | Gian Carlo Muzzarelli[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,688.02 km2 (1,037.85 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2017)[3] | |
| • Total | 700,862 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41121–41126 |
| Telephone prefix | 0535, 0536 |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-MO |
| Vehicle registration | MO |
| ISTAT | 036 |
| Website | Official website |
The Province of Modena (Italian: Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in northeastern Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.
Geography
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Modena is a landlocked (it does not border the ocean) province in central Emilia-Romagna. It has an area of 2,688 km2 (1,037.8 sq mi).[2]
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 38 km (24 mi) 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).
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The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimone (44°11′38″N 10°41′56″E / 44.19389°N 10.69889°E); it is 2,165 m (7,103 ft).,[4] 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
[change | change source]There are 700,862 persons living in the province (January 2017),[3] for a population density of 294.7 inhabitants/km².
Administration
[change | change source]The following shows the comuni of the province with more of 10,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).[3]
| 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 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Presidente" (in Italian). Portale della Provincia di Modena. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Provincia di Modena" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "Monte Cimone, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Province of Modena at Wikimedia Commons
- Provincia di Forlì-Cesena homepage Archived 2004-09-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- Portale del Turismo della Provincia di Modena Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
