Luzzara is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Reggio Emilia

Province of Reggio Emilia

The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the Province, is Reggio Emilia....

, in Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

, Italy

Italy

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. It is located at the northern end of the province and is bounded by the river named Po

Po River

The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...

 to the north as well as the provinces of Mantua

Province of Mantua

The Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....

 and the region of Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

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Luzzara is the birthplace of the famous film director and writer Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.-Brief biography:...

. It is also the place where an important battle in the Spanish War of Succession was fought on August 15 1702. See Battle of Luzzara

Battle of Luzzara

The Battle of Luzzara was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession, which was fought on 15 August 1702 near Luzzara, Italy.-Prelude:In the summer of 1702, after taking Guastalla, the French under Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme turned north, with the intention to besiege Borgoforte...

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Frazioni

Arginello, Bacchiellino, Borgo Po, Buca Bertona, Cantone, Casoni, Codisotto, Corghe, Cugini, Delfina, Negre, San Carlo, Vergari Alti, Vergari Bassi, Villa Superiore, Villarotta.

Bounding communes

• Dosolo
  Dosolo
  Dosolo is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Mantua...
  
  
• Gonzaga
• Guastalla
  Guastalla
  Guastalla is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.-Geography:Guastalla is situated in the Po Valley, and lies on the banks of the Po River...
  
  
• Reggiolo
  Reggiolo
  Reggiolo is a town in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. As of 2007 Reggiolo had an estimated population of 9,185. Carlo Ancelotti is a native of the town, and Formula One racer Lorenzo Bandini is buried there....
  
  
• Suzzara
  Suzzara
  Suzzara is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Mantua...
  
  

Population history

Year	Population	Density
1861	7,511	-
1871	7,731
1881	7,719	-
1901	9,280	-
1911	9,785	-
1921	10,379	-
1931	10,087	-
1936	9,946	-
1951	9,738	-
1961	8,579	-
1971	8,122	-
1981	8,023	-
1991	7,949	-
2001	8,517	-
December 31, 2004	8,890	218/km²

External links

• Official website of the Commune of Luzzara (in Italian)