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___MASK13___ ( Etruscan : " Mutna " Modenese : " Mòdna ") is a city and " comune " ( municipality ) on the ___MASK39___ side ___MASK44___ the Po Valley , in the ___MASK98___ in the Emilia - Romagna region ___MASK44___ northern Italy . The ___MASK31___ Valley , ___MASK31___ ___MASK33___ , ___MASK33___ ___MASK44___ the ___MASK31___ , or Padan ___MASK33___ (, " Val Padana or Padania ") is a major geographical feature ___MASK44___ Italy . It extends approximately in an east - west direction , with an area ___MASK44___ including its Venetic extension not actually related to the ___MASK31___ river basin ; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea . The flatlands ___MASK44___ Veneto and Friuli are often considered apart since they do not drain into the ___MASK31___ , but they effectively combine into an unbroken plain . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK44___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK44___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". Northeast ___MASK21___ ( or just ) is one ___MASK44___ the five official statistical regions ___MASK44___ ___MASK21___ used by the National Institute ___MASK44___ Statistics ( ISTAT ), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency . Northeast encompasses four ___MASK44___ the country ' s 20 regions : ___MASK19___ Italy is a cultural and geographical region , without any administrative purpose , used to indicate the ___MASK19___ part of the Italian state , also informally referred as " Il Nord ", " Settentrione " or " Alta Italia ". It consists of 8 regions in ___MASK19___ Italy : Aosta Valley , Piedmont , Liguria , Lombardy , Emilia - Romagna , Veneto , Friuli - Venezia Giulia , Trentino - Alto Adige / Südtirol . According to the 2011 census , its population was 27 , 213 , 372 . For statistic purposes , the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ( ISTAT ) uses the term Northwest Italy and Northeast Italy for identifying two of the five statistical regions in its reporting . These same subdivisions are used to demarcate first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ( NUTS ) regions (" NUTS 1 regions ") within the European Union , and the Italian constituencies for the European Parliament . The ( plural : "") is a basic administrative division in ___MASK21___ , roughly equivalent to a township or municipality . Romagna ( Romagnol : " Rumâgna ") is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the ___MASK39___ - eastern portion ___MASK44___ present - day Emilia - Romagna . Traditionally , it is limited by the Apennines to the ___MASK39___ - west , the Adriatic to the east , and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west . The region ' s major cities include Cesena , Faenza , Forlì , Imola , Ravenna , Rimini and City ___MASK44___ San Marino ( San Marino is a landlocked state inside the Romagna historical region ). The region has been recently formally expanded with the transfer ___MASK44___ seven comuni ( Casteldelci , Maiolo , Novafeltria , Pennabilli , ___MASK72___ , Sant ' Agata Feltria , Talamello ) from the Marche region , which are a small number ___MASK44___ comuni where Romagnolo dialect is spoken . Etymology . The name " Romagna " comes from the Latin name " Romània ", which originally was the generic name for " land inhabited by Romans ", and first appeared on Latin documents in the 5th century . It later took on the more detailed meaning ___MASK44___ " territory subjected to Eastern Roman rule ", whose citizens called themselves Romans (" Romani " in Latin ; " Romàioi " in Greek ). Thus the term " Romània " came to be used to refer to the territory administered by the Exarchate ___MASK44___ Ravenna in contrast to other parts ___MASK44___ Northern Italy under Lombard rule , named " Langobardia " or " Lombardy ". " Romània " later became " Romandìola " in Vulgar Latin , meaning " little Romània ", which became " Romagna " in modern times . History . Prehistory . A number ___MASK44___ archaeological sites in the region , such as Monte Poggiolo , show that Romagna has been inhabited since the Paleolithic age . Sassuolo is an industrial centre ___MASK44___ the Emilia - Romagna region ___MASK44___ Italy . The town stands on the right bank ___MASK44___ the river Secchia some 17 kilometres ( 11 mi ) southwest ___MASK44___ Modena . Emilia - Romagna (, Romagnol : " Emélia - Rumâgna ") is an administrative Region ___MASK44___ Northeast Italy , comprising the historical regions ___MASK44___ Emilia and Romagna . Its capital is Bologna . It has an area ___MASK44___ , and about 4 . 4 million inhabitants . The Secchia ( called by Pliny " Gabellus ") is an Italian ___MASK29___ . One ___MASK44___ the main right bank tributaries ___MASK44___ the Po , it flows through the Emilia - Romagna region in ___MASK19___ Italy . ___MASK25___ (; ) is the largest city ( and the capital ) ___MASK44___ the Emilia - Romagna Region in ___MASK19___ Italy . It is the seventh most populous city in Italy , located in the heart ___MASK44___ a metropolitan area ( officially recognized by the Italian government as a " città metropolitana ") ___MASK44___ about one million . The ___MASK98___ is a province in the Emilia - Romagna region of Italy . Its capital is the city of Modena .