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Rubiera (Reggiano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located on the Via Emilia about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Reggio Emilia.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Rubiera
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Rubiera
Italian comune.image_skyline
Rubiera, torre dell'orologio 01.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption
View of Rubiera.
Italian comune.image_shield
Rubiera-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Emilia-Romagna
Italian comune.province
Reggio Emilia (RE)
Italian comune.frazioni
Fontana, San Faustino, Sant'Agata
Italian comune.mayor
Emanuele Cavallaro
Italian comune.area_total_km2
25.3
Italian comune.population_total
14882
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2016
Italian comune.population_demonym
Rubieresi
Italian comune.elevation_m
41
Italian comune.saint
Saint Blaise
Italian comune.day
February 3
Italian comune.postal_code
42048
Italian comune.area_code
0522

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Rubiera (Reggiano: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located on the Via Emilia about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Reggio Emilia.

==History== The original name of the city was Corte de Herberia, probably derived from the Celtic , meaning "in the middle of the plain". The Roman emperors Gallienus and Valerianus built a bridge over the Secchia river at this location in AD 259.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rubiera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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