Collagna is a ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' of the ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) of
Ventasso
Ventasso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.
It was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the municipalities of Busana, Collagna, Ligonchio and Ramiseto
Ramiseto is a ' ...
in the
Province of Reggio Emilia
The Province of Reggio Emilia ( it, Provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilian: ''pruvînsa ed Rèz'') is one of the nine provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the provin ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Emilia-Romagna
egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman)
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, located about west 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 ...
and about southwest of
Reggio Emilia
Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...
. It was a separate ''comune'' until 1 January 2016.
Collagna borders the following municipalities:
Busana,
Comano,
Fivizzano
Fivizzano is a ''comune'' in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy.
History
It became part of the Republic of Florence in the 15th century thus gaining the Tuscan republic an important foothold in Lunigiana, a key region which ...
,
Ligonchio,
Ramiseto,
Sillano
Sillano is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Sillano Giuncugnano in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' ...
.
People
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Giovanni Lindo Ferretti
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (born 9 September 1953) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and author. He is considered to be one of the founders of Italian punk rock music.
Biography
Ferretti was born in Cerreto Alpi (''frazione'' of Collagna ...
(b. 1953), singer-songwriter, born in Cerreto Alpi
References
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna
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