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The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
. The capital is the city Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
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It has an area of 2,293 kmē, and a total population of 487,003 (2005). There are 45 comuni (singular: comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
) in the province , see Comuni of the Province of Reggio Emilia.

Other towns are Scandiano
Scandiano

Scandiano is a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, administratively part of the province of Reggio Emilia. It has 23,332 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004....
, Guastalla
Guastalla

Guastalla is a town and commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy....
, Correggio
Correggio, Italy

Correggio is a small town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the Po River valley. As of 2007 Correggio had an estimated population of 23,108....
, Novellara
Novellara

Novellara is a town in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It's 19 km north from Reggio Emilia and has a railway station for the local train going from Reggio to Guastalla....
, Castelnovo Monti, Canossa
Canossa

Canossa is a comune and castle town in Emilia-Romagna, famous as the site where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor did penance in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII....
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The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
. The capital is the city Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
.

It has an area of 2,293 kmē, and a total population of 487,003 (2005). There are 45 comuni (singular: comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
) in the province , see Comuni of the Province of Reggio Emilia.

Other towns are Scandiano
Scandiano

Scandiano is a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, administratively part of the province of Reggio Emilia. It has 23,332 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004....
, Guastalla
Guastalla

Guastalla is a town and commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy....
, Correggio
Correggio, Italy

Correggio is a small town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the Po River valley. As of 2007 Correggio had an estimated population of 23,108....
, Novellara
Novellara

Novellara is a town in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It's 19 km north from Reggio Emilia and has a railway station for the local train going from Reggio to Guastalla....
, Castelnovo Monti, Canossa
Canossa

Canossa is a comune and castle town in Emilia-Romagna, famous as the site where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor did penance in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII....
. In the latter comune is located the historical castle of Canossa, property of the countess Matilde
Matilda of Tuscany

Matilda of Canossa , called la Gran Contessa or the Great Countess, was an italy noblewoman, the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy....
, where took place the famous Walk to Canossa
Walk to Canossa

The Walk to Canossa refers to both the trek itself of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from Speyer to the Canossa Castle in Emilia Romagna and to the events surrounding his journey....
 of Henry IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century....


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