Luzzara

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Luzzara | official_name = Comune di Luzzara | native_name = | image_skyline = Luzzara2.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Luzzara | image_shield = Luzzara-Stemma.gif | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|44|58|N|10|41|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Emilia-Romagna]] | province = [[Province of Reggio Emilia|Reggio Emilia]] (RE) | frazioni = see [[Luzzara#Frazioni|list]] | mayor_party = | mayor = Elisabetta Sottili | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 39 | population_footnotes = <ref>[http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> | population_total = 9132 | population_as_of = 31 December 2016 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Luzzaresi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 15 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. George | day = March 19 | postal_code = 42045 | area_code = 0522 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.luzzara.re.it}} | footnotes = }}

'''Luzzara''' ([[Emilian language#Dialects|Guastallese]]: {{lang|egl|Lüsèra}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Reggio Emilia]], in [[Emilia-Romagna]], [[Italy]]. It is located at the northern end of the province, on the right bank of the river [[Po River|Po]].

Luzzara is the birthplace of the composer [[Maurizio Cazzati]] and film director and writer [[Cesare Zavattini]]. It is also the place where the [[Battle of Luzzara]] in the [[Spanish War of Succession]] was fought.

==''Frazioni''== Arginello, Bacchiellino, Borgo Po, Buca Bertona, Cantone, Casoni, Codisotto, Corghe, Cugini, Delfina, Negre, San Carlo, Vergari Alti, Vergari Bassi, Villa Superiore, Villarotta.

==Bounding communes==

*[[Dosolo]] *[[Gonzaga, Lombardy|Gonzaga]] *[[Guastalla]] *[[Reggiolo]] *[[Suzzara]]

==Population history==

{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Population |- | 1861 || 7,511 |- | 1871 || 7,731 |- | 1881 || 7,719 |- | 1901 || 9,280 |- | 1911 || 9,785 |- | 1921 || 10,379 |- | 1931 || 10,087 |- | 1936 || 9,946 |- | 1951 || 9,738 |- | 1961 || 8,579 |- | 1971 || 8,122 |- | 1981 || 8,023 |- | 1991 || 7,949 |- | 2001 || 8,517 |- | 2011 || 9,232 |- | 2021 || 10,562 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.comune.luzzara.re.it Official website of the Commune of Luzzara] (in Italian)

[[Category:Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna]]