Boretto
Encyclopedia
Boretto is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 80 km northwest of Bologna
and about 25 km northwest of Reggio Emilia
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,920 and an area of 19.2 km².
Boretto borders the following municipalities: Brescello
, Castelnovo di Sotto
, Gualtieri
, Pomponesco
, Poviglio
, Viadana.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia
Province of Reggio Emilia
The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the Province, is Reggio Emilia....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, located about 80 km northwest of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
and about 25 km northwest of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,920 and an area of 19.2 km².
Boretto borders the following municipalities: Brescello
Brescello
Brescello is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 80 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km northwest of Reggio Emilia...
, Castelnovo di Sotto
Castelnovo di Sotto
Castelnovo di Sotto is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km northwest of Bologna and about 14 km northwest of Reggio Emilia....
, Gualtieri
Gualtieri
Gualtieri is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km north of Reggio Emilia on the right bank of the Po River...
, Pomponesco
Pomponesco
Pomponesco is a comune in the Italian Province of Mantua. As of 2007 the estimated population of Pomponesco was 1,770.The experimental musical artist Maurizio Bianchi was born there in 1955....
, Poviglio
Poviglio
Poviglio is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km northwest of Reggio Emilia...
, Viadana.