The province of Bologna ( it, provincia di Bologna) was a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in the
Emilia-Romagna
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region of
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Its provincial capital was the city of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
. The province of Bologna covered an area of and had a total population of 1,004,323 inhabitants as of 31 December 2014, giving it a population density of 271.27 inhabitants per square kilometre. It was replaced by the
Metropolitan City of Bologna
The Metropolitan City of Bologna ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bologna) is a metropolitan city in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. Its capital is ''de facto'' the city of Bologna, though the body does not explicitly outline it. It was created by ...
starting from January 2015.
Geography
The province of Bologna was one of nine provinces in the region of
Emilia-Romagna
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in northwestern Italy from 1859 to 2014. It was bounded on the east by the
Province of Ravenna
The province of Ravenna ( it, provincia di Ravenna; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ravenna. As of 2015, it has a population of 391,997 inhabitants over an area of , giving it ...
, the
Province of Ferrara
The province of Ferrara ( it, provincia di Ferrara; egl, pruvîncia ad Fràra) is a province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Ferrara. As of 2016, it has a population of 354,238 inhabitants over an area ...
lies to the north and the
Province of Modena
The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.
It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''co ...
lies to the west. To the south were the
Province of Florence
The province of Florence ( it, provincia di Firenze) was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy. The city or ''comune'' of Florence was both the capital of the Province of Florence, and of the Region of Tuscany. It had an area of ...
, the
Province of Prato
The province of Prato ( it, provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Prato. It was formed from part of the province of Florence in 1992.
The province has an area of and a total population of a ...
and the
Province of Pistoia
The province of Pistoia ( it, provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia and the province is landlocked. It has an area of and a total population of 291,788 inhabitants (as of 2 ...
, all in the region of
Tuscany
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. The Province stretches from the alluvial
Po Plain
The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain ( it, Pianura Padana , or ''Val Padana'') is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy. It extends approximately in an east-west direction, with an area of including its Venetic ex ...
into the
Apennine Mountains; the highest point was the province is the peak of
Corno alle Scale {{disambiguation
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in the commune of
Lizzano in Belvedere
Lizzano in Belvedere ( High Mountain Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna.
Among the parishes is the church of ...
, which is above sea level.
List of ''comuni''
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Alto Reno Terme
Alto Reno Terme is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was formed on January 1, 2016, after the merger of Porretta Terme
Porretta Terme ( Bolognese: ''Puratta'') is a town of the Reno Valley Tuscan-Emilian A ...
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Anzola dell'Emilia
Anzola dell'Emilia ( Western Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna. It is an important area of industries and Habanero's crops near ...
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Argelato
Argelato (Bolognese dialect, Northern Bolognese: ) is an italy, Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna. It comprises the hamlets of Argelato, Casadio, , Funo, Malacappa, Volta Reno, San Donnino and San Giacomo, that are administrat ...
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Baricella
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Bentivoglio
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Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
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Borgo Tossignano
Borgo Tossignano ( rgn, Borg Tusgnàn) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna.
Borgo Tossignano borders the following municipalities: Casalfiumanese, Cas ...
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Budrio
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Calderara di Reno
Calderara di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna.
The ''frazione'' of Sacerno is usually considered the place where, in 43 ...
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Camugnano
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Casalecchio di Reno
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
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Casalfiumanese
Casalfiumanese ( rgn, Casêl Fiumanés) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna.
Casalfiumanese borders the following municipalities: Borgo Tossi ...
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Castel d'Aiano
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Castel del Rio
Castel del Rio ( rgn, Castel d'e' Rì) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna.
Historically, the town's countryside is a large producer of ches ...
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Castel di Casio
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Castel Guelfo di Bologna
Castel Guelfo di Bologna (Bolognese dialect, Eastern Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna.
Castel Guelfo di Bologna bor ...
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Castel Maggiore Castel Maggiore ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian commune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, located north of the centre of Bologna. Though its name recalls a translation like ''Great Castle'', the name is actually deri ...
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Castel San Pietro Terme
Castel San Pietro Terme ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with about 21,000 inhabitants. It is located along the Roman Via Emilia, at the foot of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennin ...
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Castello d'Argile
Castello d'Argile ( Northern Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna.
Castello d'Argile borders the following municipalities: Argelato, C ...
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Castenaso
Castenaso ( Bolognese: ; la, Castrum Nasicae) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located around away from Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna.
Sports
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantist ...
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Castiglione dei Pepoli
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Crevalcore
Crevalcore ( Western Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, near Bologna.
On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people.
On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caused ...
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Dozza
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Fontanelice
Fontanelice ( rgn, Funtâna) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,884 and an area of .All demographics ...
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Gaggio Montano
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Galliera
Galliera ( Northern Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna.
Galliera borders the following municipalities: Malalbergo, Pieve di Cento, ...
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Granarolo dell'Emilia
Granarolo dell'Emilia ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna. It has c. 12,000 inhabitants.
Granarolo dell'Emilia borders the foll ...
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Grizzana Morandi
Grizzana Morandi (Bolognese dialect, Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. The town is summer holiday resort ...
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Imola
Imola (; rgn, Jômla or ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical ...
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Lizzano in Belvedere
Lizzano in Belvedere ( High Mountain Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna.
Among the parishes is the church of ...
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Loiano
Loiano ( egl, label= Medial Mountain Bolognese, Lujèn ; egl, label= City Bolognese, Lujàn) is a town and ''comune'' of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in the Tusco-Emilian Apennines at above sea level. Highwa ...
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Malalbergo
Malalbergo ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna.
Malalbergo borders the following municipalities: Baricella, Bentivoglio, ...
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Marzabotto
Marzabotto ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' in Italian region Emilia-Romagna, part of the Metropolitan City of Bologna. It is located south-southwest of Bologna by rail, and lies in the valley of the Reno. The area inc ...
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Medicina
Medicina ( Bolognese: ; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna.
Name
The origins of its name (which in Italian means "medicine") are qui ...
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Minerbio
Minerbio ( Eastern Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the northern-central Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna.
Minerbio borders the following municipalities: Bar ...
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Molinella
Molinella ( Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) part of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna.
Molinella borders the following municipalities: Argenta, Baricella, Budr ...
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Monghidoro
Monghidoro ( Mid-Highland Bolognese: , also ; City Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about south of Bologna.
Geography
The territory of Monghidoro bor ...
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Monte San Pietro
Monte San Pietro ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna.
Monte San Pietro borders the following municipalities: ...
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Monterenzio
Monterenzio ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna, Italy).
Geography
The territory of the municipality rises on the ridge between the valleys of the Idice and Sillaro streams. ...
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Monzuno
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Mordano
Mordano ( rgn, Murdè or ) is a town and ''comune'' in Emilia Romagna (Italy), situated in the province of Bologna. The municipality is organized in two major villages: ''Mordano'' and ''Bubano''.
History
An intense activity of centuriation was pe ...
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Ozzano dell'Emilia
Ozzano dell'Emilia (; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in northern Italy.
History
Its origins date back to the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλ ...
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Pianoro
Pianoro ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the hills of the Tusco-Emilian Apennines, above sea level.
Highway SS 65 connects the town to Bologna and Florence across th ...
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Pieve di Cento
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Sala Bolognese
Sala Bolognese ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna.
The municipality of Sala Bolognese is composed by the ''frazioni'' Padulle ...
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San Benedetto Val di Sambro
San Benedetto Val di Sambro ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulå ...
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San Giorgio di Piano
San Giorgio di Piano ( Northern Bolognese: ; "St. George of the Plain") is a town and ''comune ''located in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is the birthplace of actress Giulietta Masina
Giulia Anna "Giuliett ...
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San Giovanni in Persiceto
San Giovanni in Persiceto (from 1912 to 1927: ''Persiceto''; Western Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, northern Italy.
Located in the northern part of the Metropolitan City, bordering with the provinc ...
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San Lazzaro di Savena
San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...
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San Pietro in Casale
San Pietro in Casale ( Bolognese: ) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
It is situated north from Bologna, and southwest from Ferrara. San Pietro is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Ve ...
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Sant'Agata Bolognese
Sant'Agata Bolognese ( Western Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ) is a small ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, in the north of Italy. It is notable for being the headquarters of the luxury automobile manufacturer Automob ...
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Sasso Marconi Sasso Marconi ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bologna in northern Italy, south-southwest of Bologna.
Known as Sasso Bolognese until 1938, it is named after Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, who was born in ...
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Valsamoggia
Valsamoggia ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was created on 1 January 2014 after the merger of the former communes of Bazzano (the current town hall seat), Castello di Serravalle, Cr ...
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Vergato
Vergato ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna.
Vergato borders the following municipalities: Castel d'Aiano, ...
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Zola Predosa
Zola Predosa ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital ...
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Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
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Geography of Emilia-Romagna
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