Vezzano sul Crostolo 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

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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 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 13 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 4,045 and an area of 37.6 km².

The municipality of Vezzano sul Crostolo 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) Bettola Ca' Caprari, Ca' di Rosino, Casaratta, Case Martini, Casoletta, Il Poggio, La Fornace, La Vecchia, Marmazza, Paderna, Pecorile, Pedergnano, Possione, Rio Buracci, Riolo, Scarzola, Villa, Vindè, and Vronco.

Vezzano sul Crostolo borders the following municipalities: Albinea

Albinea

Albinea is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km west of Bologna and about 10 km southwest of Reggio nell'Emilia....

, Casina

Casina

For other meanings see Casina .Casina is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km west of Bologna and about 25 km southwest of Reggio Emilia...

, 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...

, Quattro Castella

Quattro Castella

Quattro Castella is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km west of Bologna and about 15 km southwest of Reggio Emilia....

, 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...

, Viano

Viano

Viano is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of central Italy....

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External links

• www.comune.vezzano-sul-crostolo.re.it/