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Reggio Emilia
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Emilia-Romagna
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Reggio Emilia
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45
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2,293
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(2001)
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454,798
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198
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RE
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42010-42025, 42028, 42030-42035, 42037, 42039-42049, 42100
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0522, 0536
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035
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Sonia Masini
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The is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of
Emilia-Romagna . The capital is the city
Reggio Emilia .
It has an area of 2,293 sq km, from the
Po River and the
Apennine Mountains and a total population of 453,892 (2001). There are 45 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics ''Istat'', see
this link ).
Other towns are
Scandiano ,
Guastalla ,
Correggio ,
Novellara ,
Castelnovo Monti ,
Canossa .
In the latter ''
Comune '' is located the castle of Canossa, property of the countess Matilde, where the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Henri IV humiliated himself in order to be reintegrated in the Catholic Communion by the pope.