Vetto
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Vetto 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 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 35 km southwest 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 2,063 and an area of 53.3 km².

The municipality of Vetto 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) Atticola, Brolo, Buvolo, Caiolla, Cantoniera, Casalecchio, Casella, Casone, Castellaro, Castellina, Cesola, Cola, Costa, Costaborga, Crovara, Ferma, Gottano Sopra, Gottano Sotto, Groppo, Legoreccio, Mavore, Maiola, Moziollo, Piagnolo, Pineto, Predella, Rodogno, Roncolo, Rosano, Scalucchia, Sole Sopra, Sole Sotto, Spigone, Strada, Teggia, Tizzolo, and Vidiceto.

Vetto borders the following municipalities: Castelnovo ne' Monti
Castelnovo ne' Monti
Castelnovo Monti Castelnovo Monti Castelnovo Monti (official: Castelnovo ne' Monti is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, central Italy.Along with every other town and village in the Apennines, Castelnovo is an approved area for the production of Parmesan cheese...

, 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...

, 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....

, Palanzano
Palanzano
Palanzano is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km west of Bologna and about 40 km south of Parma...

, Ramiseto
Ramiseto
Ramiseto is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km west of Bologna and about 45 km southwest of Reggio Emilia...

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