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Loiano ( ; ) is a town and comune of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in the Tusco-Emilian Apennines at above sea level. Highway SS 65 connects it to Bologna, to the north, and Florence, to the south.

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Italian comune.name
Loiano
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Loiano
Italian comune.image_skyline
LoianoAstronomicalObservatory60cm.png
Italian comune.image_caption
Loiano Astronomical Observatory.
Italian comune.image_shield
Loiano-Stemma.png
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Bologna (BO)
Italian comune.frazioni
Anconella, Barbarolo, Bibulano, La Guarda, Quinzano, Roncastaldo, Sabbioni, Scanello, Scascoli
Italian comune.mayor
Fabrizio Morganti
Italian comune.area_total_km2
52.41
Italian comune.population_total
4376
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2019
Italian comune.population_demonym
Loianesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
714
Italian comune.postal_code
40050
Italian comune.area_code
051

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Official name
Loiano
Demonym
loianesi
Population
4416
Area
52.41
Elevation
714
Image
Loiano, panorama invernale.jpg
Dialing code
051
Licence plate code
BO
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Loiano
postal code
40050
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Loiano ( ; ) is a town and comune of Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in the Tusco-Emilian Apennines at above sea level. Highway SS 65 connects it to Bologna, to the north, and Florence, to the south.

It is the site of an observatory affiliated with the Observatory of Bologna at the University of Bologna, named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

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