Province of Reggio Emilia

Province of Reggio Emilia
Province
Ducal Palace, the provincial seat
Flag Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Reggio Emilia in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Capital(s)	Reggio Emilia
Comuni	42
Government
• President	Giorgio Zanni (PD)
Area
• Total	2,291.26 km2 (884.66 sq mi)
Population  (30 June 2023)
• Total	525,366
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€17.961 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€33,694 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	42010-42025, 42028, 42030-42035, 42037, 42039-42049, 42121-42124
Telephone prefix	0522, 0536
Vehicle registration	RE
ISTAT	035

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^[update], has a population of 525,366. There are 42 comuni in the province.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]