Modena | |
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Comune di Modena | |
![]() Top left:Modena Cathedral an Ghirladinn Touer, Top richt:Modena Ceety Haw, Bottom left:Stoa o Portici del Collegio in Emilia Street, Bottom richt:View o Modena Ducal Palace an San Domenico Cathedral frae Dante Square | |
Coordinates: 44°39′N 10°56′E / 44.650°N 10.933°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Emilia-Romagna |
Province | Modena (MO) |
Frazioni | Albareto, Baggiovara, Ca' Fusara, Cognento, Cittanova, Collegara, Ganaceto, Lesignana, Marzaglia, Navicello, Portile, San Damaso, San Donnino, Tre Olmi, Villanova |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Giorgio Pighi (Democratic Pairty) |
Area | |
• Total | 182.7 km2 (70.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Population (21 December 2009) | |
• Total | 183,069 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Modenesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 41100 |
Diallin code | 059 |
Patron saunt | San Geminiano |
Saunt day | January 31 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Modena (Italian: [ˈmɔːdena] ( listen); Etruscan: Mutna; Laitin: Mutina; Modenese: Mòdna) is a ceety an comune (municipality) on the sooth side o the Pianura Padana, in the Province o Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region o Italy.
A auncient toun, it is the seat o an airchbishop, but is nou best ken as "the caipital o engines", syne the factories o the famous Italian sports caur makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani an Maserati are, or wur, locatit here an aw, except Lamborghini, hae heidquarters in the ceety or nearbi. Lamborghini is heidquartered no far awa in Sant'Agata Bolognese, in the adjacent Province o Bologna. Ane o Ferrari's cars, the 360 Modena, wis namit efter the ceety itsel. An aw, ane o the colors for Ferraris is Modena yellae.