Traversetolo 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 Parma

Province of Parma

The Province of Parma is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Parma.It has an area of 3,449 km², and a total population of 413,198...

 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 80 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 20 km south of Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,546 and an area of 54.6 km².

The municipality of Traversetolo 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) Ariana, Bannone, Borgo Bottone, Borgo Salice, Campagna, Cantone, Carcarecchio, Case Cavalli, Case Montefiascone, Case Pozzo, Case Ronchei, Castellaro, Castione de' Baratti, Cazzola, Cevola, Cronovilla, Gabbiola, Gavazzo, Guardasone, Il Borgo, La Casa, La Fornace, Mamiano, Mazzola, Orio, Sbizzini, Sivizzano, Stafei, Stombellini, Torre, Val Cassano, Vignale, and Villa Carbognani.

Traversetolo borders the following municipalities: Canossa

Canossa

Canossa is a comune and castle town in Emilia-Romagna, famous as the site where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII...

, Lesignano de' Bagni

Lesignano de' Bagni

Lesignano de' Bagni is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km west of Bologna and about 15 km south of Parma.-External links:*...

, Montechiarugolo

Montechiarugolo

Montechiarugolo is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 80 km northwest of Bologna and about 13 km southeast of Parma....

, Neviano degli Arduini

Neviano degli Arduini

Neviano degli Arduini is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 80 km west of Bologna and about 25 km south of Parma....

, Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

, San Polo d'Enza

San Polo d'Enza

San Polo d'Enza is a comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, located about 70 km west of Bologna and about 20 km southwest of Reggio Emilia...

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