Emilia Romagna

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-an administrative Region of Northern Italy,

-comprising the former regions of Emilia and Romagna. -Its capital is Bologna.

-It has an area of 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi)

-one of the richest, most developed regions in Europe

H i s t o r y

Emilia-Romagna is a legacy of Ancient Rome

Emilia derives from via Æmilia, the Roman road connecting Rome to northern Italy, completed in 187 BC and named after the consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

Romagna derives from Romània, the name of the Eastern Roman Empire applied to Ravenna by the Lombards when the western Empire had ceased to exist and Ravenna was an outpost of the east

G e o g r a p h y

 Emilia-Romagna consists of 9 provinces and covers an area of 22,446 km2 ranking 6th in Italy. Nearly half of

the region (48%) consists of plains while 27% is

hilly and 25% mountainous.

Government and

Politics

Regional  Government  (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President, the Ministers  (Assessori),  who are currently 12, including a Vice President and one Under-Secretary for in President's office

Prior to 2014

Emilia-Romagna is divided into nine provinces

Province Area (km²) Population Density (inh./km²)

Province of Bologna 3,702 973,295 262.9

Province of Ferrara 2,632 357,471 135.8

Province of Forlì-Cesena 2,377 387,200 162.9

Province of Modena 2,689 686,104 255.1

Province of Parma 3,449 431,419 125.1

Province of Piacenza 2,589 284,885 110.0

Province of Ravenna 1,858 383,945 206.6

Province of Reggio Emilia 2,293 517,374 225.6

Province of Rimini 863 325,219 377.0

but the breakdown will change in January 

2014, when the number will be

reduced down to four

provinces and one metropolitan city

January 2014 and beyondIn a move designed to cut costs, the number of provinces will be cut from 9 to 5 administrative divisions:

-The Province of Bologna will became a metropolitan area.-The Province of Ferrara will remain as it is.-The Province of Forlì-Cesena, the Province of Ravenna and the Province of Rimini will merge to become the Province of Romagna.-The Province of Modena and Province of Reggio Emilia will merge to become the Province of Reggio nell'Emilia- Modena due, in the case of Reggio Emilia province, to territorial less than 2500 square kilometers.-The Province of Parma and Province of Piacenza will merge to become the Province of Parma-Piacenza due, in the case of Piacenza province, to territorial less than 2500 square kilometers and to population of less than 350,000 inhabitants.

Language

Apart from

Standard Italian, Emilian and Romagnolo, two closely related languages that comprise the Emiliano-

Romagnolo language family, are the local languages of Emilia-Romagna. They

are Romance languages spoken almost exclusively in the region and San Marino. They belong

to the Northern Italian group within Romance languages (like Piedmontese, Lombard, Ligurian and Venetian)

F o o d

Sports

most popular sport in Emilia-Romagna is by far

football. Several famous clubs from

Emilia-Romagna compete at a high level on the national

stage. Bologna, Parma and Cesena compete in the top-flight of Italian football

M u s i c

Emilia Romagna gave birth to one of the most important

composers of music history, Giuseppe Verdi. The most popular song of this region is the regional anthem

"Romagna mia", written in 1954 by Secondo Casadei.