Palagano 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:...

(municipality) in the Province of Modena

Province of Modena

The Province of Modena is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km², and a total population of 659,925 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Modena.At May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region 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....

, located about 60 km southwest of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 and about 45 km southwest of Modena

Modena

Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,455 and an area of 60.4 km².

The municipality of Palagano contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Boccassuolo, Costrignano, Monchio, Savoniero, and Susano.

Palagano borders the following municipalities: Frassinoro

Frassinoro

Frassinoro is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km southwest of Bologna and about 50 km southwest of Modena....

, Lama Mocogno

Lama Mocogno

Lama Mocogno is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km southwest of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Modena. The Monte Cimone is located nearby....

, Montefiorino

Montefiorino

Montefiorino is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km southwest of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Modena....

, Polinago

Polinago

Polinago is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km southwest of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Modena.-External links:*...

, Prignano sulla Secchia

Prignano sulla Secchia

Prignano sulla Secchia is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km west of Bologna and about 30 km southwest of Modena...

, Riolunato

Riolunato

Riolunato is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km southwest of Bologna and about 50 km southwest of Modena. It is overlooked from the south by the Monte Cimone....

, Toano

Toano

Toano is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km west of Bologna and about 35 km south of Reggio Emilia...

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External links

• www.comune.palagano.mo.it/