The province of Bologna ( it, provincia di Bologna) was a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

in the

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 ...

region of

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. Its provincial capital was the city 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 na ...

. The province of Bologna covered an area of and had a total population of 1,004,323 inhabitants as of 31 December 2014, giving it a population density of 271.27 inhabitants per square kilometre. It was replaced by 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 b ...

starting from January 2015.

Geography

The province of Bologna was one of nine provinces in the region of

in northwestern Italy from 1859 to 2014. It was bounded on the east by the Province of Ravenna, the Province of Ferrara lies to the north and the Province of Modena lies to the west. To the south were the Province of Florence, the Province of Prato and the

Province of Pistoia The province of Pistoia ( it, provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia and the province is landlocked. It has an area of and a total population of 291,788 inhabitants (as of 2 ...

, all in the region of

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

. The Province stretches from the alluvial Po Plain into the

Apennine Mountains The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...

; the highest point was the province is the peak of Corno alle Scale in the commune of Lizzano in Belvedere, which is above sea level.

List of ''comuni''

* Alto Reno Terme *

Anzola dell'Emilia Anzola dell'Emilia ( Western Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bono ...

Argelato Argelato ( Northern Bolognese: ) is an Italian '' comune'' 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 ...

Baricella Baricella ( Bolognese: , locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna. Baricella borders the following municipalities: Argenta, Budrio, Fe ...

* Bentivoglio *

* Borgo Tossignano *

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 ...

* Calderara di Reno *

Camugnano Camugnano ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. Camugnano borders the following municipal ...

Casalecchio di Reno Casalecchio di Reno (Bolognese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. History Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence o ...

Casalfiumanese Casalfiumanese ( rgn, Casêl Fiumanés) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna. Casalfiumanese borders the following municipalities: Borgo Tos ...

Castel d'Aiano Castel d'Aiano ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located in the Apennine mountains about southwest of Bologna. Castel d'Aiano borde ...

Castel del Rio Castel del Rio ( rgn, Castel d'e' Rì) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. Historically, the town's countryside is a large producer of ...

Castel di Casio Castel di Casio ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, about southwest of Bologna. Castel di Casio borders the following municipalities: Camugnan ...

* Castel Guelfo di Bologna *

Castel Maggiore Castel Maggiore (Bolognese: ) is an Italian commune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, located north of the centre of Bologna. Though its name recalls a translation like ''Great Castle'', the name is actually deri ...

* Castel San Pietro Terme *

Castello d'Argile Castello d'Argile ( Northern Bolognese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna. Castello d'Argile borders the following municipalities: Argelato ...

Castenaso Castenaso ( Bolognese: ; la, Castrum Nasicae) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located around away from Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna. Sports Associazione Sportiva Dilettantist ...

Castiglione dei Pepoli Castiglione dei Pepoli ( egl, label= High Mountain Bolognese, Castión) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, located about southwest of Bologna. It takes its name from the Pepoli noble fami ...

Crevalcore Crevalcore ( Western Bolognese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, near Bologna. On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people. On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caus ...

Dozza Dozza ( rgn, Dòza) () is an Italian '' comune'' in the province of Bologna. Dozza is known for its festival of the painted wall, which takes place every two years in September. During this festival, famous national and international artists paint ...

Fontanelice Fontanelice ( rgn, Funtâna) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,884 and an area of .All demographics ...

Gaggio Montano Gaggio Montano ( Medial Mountain Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. Gaggio Montano borders the following municipalities: Cast ...

Galliera Galliera ( Northern Bolognese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna. Galliera borders the following municipalities: Malalbergo, Pieve di Cento ...

Granarolo dell'Emilia Granarolo dell'Emilia (Bolognese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna. It has c. 12,000 inhabitants. Granarolo dell'Emilia borders the fo ...

* Grizzana Morandi * Imola * Lizzano in Belvedere * Loiano *

Malalbergo Malalbergo (Bolognese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna. Malalbergo borders the following municipalities: Baricella, Bentivoglio, ...

* Marzabotto *

Medicina Medicina ( Bolognese: ; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna. Name The origins of its name (which in Italian means "medicine") are qui ...

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. Minerbio borders the following municipalities: Ba ...

* Molinella * Monghidoro * Monte San Pietro * Monterenzio *

Monzuno Monzuno (Bolognese: ) is an Italian '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna). The territory of the commune is located on the western slope of the Savena valley, on the northern ridge of Monte Venere and on the left side ...

* Mordano *

Ozzano dell'Emilia Ozzano dell'Emilia (; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in northern Italy. History Its origins date back to the Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασι� ...

* Pianoro *

Pieve di Cento Pieve di Cento ( Bolognese: ; "parish of Cento") is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna. History The origins of the town date back to the upper ...

Sala Bolognese Sala Bolognese (Bolognese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna. The municipality of Sala Bolognese is composed by the ''frazioni'' Padulle ...

* San Benedetto Val di Sambro * San Giorgio di Piano *

San Giovanni in Persiceto San Giovanni in Persiceto (from 1912 to 1927: ''Persiceto''; Western Bolognese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, northern Italy. Located in the northern part of the Metropolitan City, bordering with the provin ...

San Lazzaro di Savena San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Geography The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...

* San Pietro in Casale * Sant'Agata Bolognese *

Sasso Marconi Sasso Marconi (Bolognese: ) is a town and '' comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bologna in northern Italy, south-southwest of Bologna. Known as Sasso Bolognese until 1938, it is named after Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, who was born in ...

* Valsamoggia * Vergato * Zola Predosa

References

External links

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