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  Name Reggio Emilia
  Region Emilia-Romagna
  Capital Reggio Emilia
  Commune 45
  Area 2,293
  Population As Of (2001)
  Population 454,798
  Populationdensity 198
  Vehicle RE
  Postal Code 42010-42025, 42028, 42030-42035, 42037, 42039-42049, 42100
  Telephone Prefix 0522, 0536
  ISTAT 035
  President Sonia Masini
  Map
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The Province of Reggio Emilia 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.