Toano 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 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 the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 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 west 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 35 km south of Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,443 and an area of 67.5 km².

The municipality of Toano 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) Bargio, Bonzeto, Ca'Baccano, Ca'Bagnoli, Ca'Casalotto, Ca'Cavalletti, Ca'del Re, Ca'di Guglio, Ca'Marangone, Ca'Marastoni, Carbalano, Case Bonci, Cassinadro, Castagnola, Castelvecchio, Cavola, Cerredolo, Comenzano, Corneto, Frale, Il Margine, La Ca', La Collina, La Crocetta, La Guarrana, La Valle, Le Lezze, Lignano, L'Oca, Lupazzo, Manno, Massa, Montebiotto, Montechiodo, Monzone, Poggiolo, Polcione, Ponte Dolo, Quara, Riale, Riva di Cavola, Roncaciso, Roncolo, Rondanello, Sabbione di Cerrè Marrabino, Salvarana, Stiano, Svolta, Trarì, Vecchieda-Le Buche, and Vogno.

Toano borders the following municipalities: Baiso

Baiso

Baiso is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km west of Bologna and about 20 km south of Reggio Emilia....

, Carpineti

Carpineti

Carpineti is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km west of Bologna and about 30 km southwest of Reggio Emilia...

, 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....

, 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....

, Palagano

Palagano

Palagano is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km southwest of Bologna and about 45 km southwest of Modena...

, 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...

, Villa Minozzo

Villa Minozzo

Villa Minozzo is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km west of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Reggio Emilia....

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