Rubiera
Sign in to saveRubiera (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.