Granarolo dell'Emilia ( Bolognese: ) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Bologna The Metropolitan City of Bologna () is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is ''de facto'' the city of Bologna, though the body does not explicitly outline it. It was created by t ...

in the

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

region

Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...

, located about northeast of

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Granarolo dell'Emilia borders the following municipalities: Bentivoglio,

Budrio Budrio ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna. Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an ...

, Castel Maggiore, Castenaso,

Minerbio Minerbio ( Eastern Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the northern-central Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and large ...

Dynit Dynit Srl is one of the main Italian manga and anime publishers. Its head office is in the Cadriano ''frazione'' in Granarolo dell'Emilia, Province of Bologna.

, a manga and anime publisher, has its head office in the ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...

'' of Cadriano.Contatti
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Archive
Dynit. Retrieved on 29 April 2012. "Sede amministrativa ed operativa: Dynit S.r.l. Via Buozzi 24/26 - 40057 Granarolo dell'Emilia Loc. Cadriano (BO) ITALY"

Twin towns — sister cities

Granarolo dell'Emilia is twinned with: *

Bagnères-de-Bigorre Bagnères-de-Bigorre (, literally ''Bagnères of Bigorre''; ) is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, Department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occita ...

, France (1985)

References

External links

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