Collagna is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' of the ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) of

Ventasso Ventasso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. It was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the municipalities of Busana, Collagna, Ligonchio Ligonchio is a ''frazione'' o ...

in the

Province of Reggio Emilia The Province of Reggio Emilia ( it, Provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilian: ''pruvînsa ed Rèz'') is one of the nine provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the provin ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

, located about west of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

and about southwest of

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

. It was a separate ''comune'' until 1 January 2016. Collagna borders the following municipalities:

Busana Busana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Reggio Emilia. Its territory is included in the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National P ...

, Comano,

Fivizzano Fivizzano is a ''comune'' in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy. History It became part of the Republic of Florence in the 15th century thus gaining the Tuscan republic an important foothold in Lunigiana, a key region which ...

Ligonchio Ligonchio is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Ventasso in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; ...

, Ramiseto, Sillano.

People

Giovanni Lindo Ferretti Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (born 9 September 1953) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and author. He is considered to be one of the founders of Italian punk rock music. Biography Ferretti was born in Cerreto Alpi (''frazione'' of Collagn ...

(b. 1953), singer-songwriter, born in Cerreto Alpi

References

Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub