Medolla
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Medolla is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Modena
Province of Modena
The Province of Modena is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km², and a total population of 659,925 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Modena.At May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

, located about 45 km northwest of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 and about 25 km northeast of Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,901 and an area of 26.8 km².

The municipality of Medolla contains the frazioni
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Villafranca and Camurana.

Medolla borders the following municipalities: Bomporto
Bomporto
Bomporto is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 35 km northwest of Bologna and about 12 km northeast of Modena...

, Camposanto, Cavezzo
Cavezzo
Cavezzo is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km northeast of Modena...

, Mirandola
Mirandola
Mirandola is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the provincial capital by railway.- History :Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress...

, San Felice sul Panaro
San Felice sul Panaro
San Felice sul Panaro is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km northeast of Modena.-Characteristics:...

, San Prospero
San Prospero
San Prospero is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km northeast of Modena.-External links:*...

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