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

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) in the

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

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 northeast 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 ...

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

Bentivoglio Bentivoglio may refer to: * Bentivoglio (surname) *House of Bentivoglio *Bentivoglio, Emilia-Romagna Bentivoglio ( Northern Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna ...

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 I ...

, Castel Maggiore, Castenaso, Minerbio. Dynit, a manga and anime publisher, has its head office in the ''frazione'' of Cadriano.Contatti
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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 Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France (1985)

References

External links

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