The province of Reggio Emilia (Italian: provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia; Emilian: pruvînsa ed Rèz) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune (municipality) in the province, is Reggio Emilia.
It has an area of around 2,292 square kilometres (885 sq mi) and, As of June 2023, has a population of 525,366. There are 42 comuni in the province. Rolo, the smallest comune in the province by area, is the comune farthest to the East. Ventasso is the comune farthest to the West. The border towns of the province are Ventasso, which is the smallest comune by population, to the south and Luzzara in the north. Luzzara is the second largest comune in Emilia-Romagna and has the highest number of foreign nationals in the region.The province is home to the historical Canossa Castle, property of the countess Matilde; it is where the Walk to Canossa of Henry IV occurred. Representatives of the free municipalities of Reggio, Modena, Bologna and Ferrara met in Reggio Emilia's Sala del Tricolore in 1797 to proclaim the Repubblica Cispadana, adopting the three colour green-white-red flag to represent their newly formed Republic; it was later adopted in 1848 as the national flag.
The main wines of this area are Malvasia (usually Bianca di Candia), and Barbera and Bonarda which are ruby red. You won't go wrong with any of them. Lambrusco is also produced locally but not everyone enjoys that.
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By air use one of the Milan airports. Bologna is slightly closer but has few flights.
Two Frecciarossa trains run per hour from Milan Centrale, taking 60-75 min to Reggio and continuing to Bologna then south either to Naples and Salerno or to the other Reggio, di Calabria.
Regional trains from Milan may also stop at Piacenza, Parma and San Ilario d'Enza. Those from Bologna may also stop at Anzola, Samoggia, Modena, Castelfranco Emilia and Rubiera. A branch-line train plies from Reggio to Ciano d'Enza, Guastalla and Sassuolo.
Autostrada A1 (E45) follows the Po valley from Milan bypassing Piacenza, Parma, Reggio, Modena, Bologna then heading south beyond Rimini. The historic highway SS9 runs through the town centres.
The towns are compact and walkable. The outlying towns have buses from Reggio but slow and indirect, you could use a car.
Mi Muovo is an integrated public transport pass for the region. Short-stay visitors might use "Mi Muovo Multibus", a 12-trip bus ticket, see Emilia Romagna#Get around.
