Valsamoggia

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Valsamoggia

| official_name = Comune di Valsamoggia

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| image_skyline = Valsamoggia-Bazzano.jpeg

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|image_flag=Flag of Valsamoggia.svg| image_caption = A view of Bazzano.

| image_shield =Valsamoggia-Stemma.svg

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| coordinates = {{coord|44|30|11|N|11|05|11|E|display=inline}}

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| region = Emilia-Romagna

| metropolitan_city = Bologna (BO)

| frazioni = Bazzano (communal seat), Bersagliera, Bortolani, Calcara, Castello di Serravalle, Crespellano, Fagnano, Maiola, Mercatello, Merlano, Montebudello, Monteveglio, Ponzano, Rodiano, Samoggia, San Biagio, San Prospero, Santa Croce, Savigno, Serravalle, Stiore-Oliveto, Tiola, Vedegheto, Vignola dei Conti, Zappolino, Ziribega

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| mayor = Daniele Ruscigno

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| area_total_km2 = 178.13

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 31498

| population_as_of = 31 December 2019

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| population_demonym = Samodiani

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| elevation_m = 182

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|istat=| saint = St. John XXIII

| day = 11 October

| postal_code = 40050

| area_code = 051

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.valsamoggia.bo.it}}

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Valsamoggia (Bolognese: {{lang|egl|Valsamûz}}) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was created on 1 January 2014 after the merger of the former communes of Bazzano (the current town hall seat), Castello di Serravalle, Crespellano, Monteveglio and Savigno.{{cite book |author1=Adriana Galderisi |author2=Angela Colucci |title=Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities: Emerging Approaches and Tools for A Climate-Sensitive Urban Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYRlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 |access-date=4 June 2019 |date=17 July 2018 |publisher=Elsevier Science |isbn=978-0-12-811478-0 |pages=193– |quote=The city was established through the merger of the municipalities of Bazzano, Castello di Serravalle, Crespellano, Monteveglio and Savigno. Valsamoggia is the second largest municipality of the area and the fifth in the number of inhabitants, 30,606, and is part of the Metropolitan City of Bologna.}}

The Italian painters, Alessandro Scorzoni and Antonino Sartini, were born in this municipality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comune.valsamoggia.bo.it/index.php/storia/93-vivere-valsamoggia/915-personaggi-noti|title=VIP of Valsamoggia|website=www.comune.valsamoggia.bo.it|access-date=2020-01-27}}

The frazione of Zappolino in the Middle Ages was the location of a battle between the communes of Modena and Bologna.

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