Castellarano

Castellarano is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 15,236 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia -Romagna. The municipality on the river Secchia borders the province of Modena. Castellarano is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Modena and about 25 kilometers southeast of Reggio Emilia.

Personalities

• Fabrizio Giovanardi (* 1966), race car driver
• Andrea Montermini (* 1964), race car driver
• Rolando Rivi (* 1931 † 1945), Martyrs and Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church

Economy

A larger ceramic operation ( Ariostea ) here has its headquarters

Traffic

Through the village, Main Road 486 leads from Sassuolo in the Apennines into

Community partnership

Castellarano maintains a partnership with the Czech town in the Moravian-Silesian Region Bruntál.