Nonantola (Modenese: Nunântla) is a town and comune in the province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

Its creation in 752 totally supplanted the old Roman past and was the premise of Nonantola's High Middle Ages importance, as it was chosen for the meeting in 883 between Pope Marinus I and the emperor Charles the Fat.

In this age the agriculture started dying out, as the Modenese nobles used archaic methods of cultivation, and industries, trade and water were lacking.

During the German occupation in World War II the Nonantolani hosted 73 Jewish children, enabling them to flee to Switzerland.

The city was awarded a Cross of War Medal for Military Valour for this feat and for its contribution to the Italian resistance movement.

It finally declared itself openly for the pope in 1111 when Placidus of Nonantola wrote his De honore Ecclesiæ,[3] a defence of the papal position during the Conflict of Investitures.