Escolca
Encyclopedia
Escolca is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 50 km north of Cagliari
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 652 and an area of 14.7 km².
The municipality of Escolca contains the frazione
(subdivision) San Simone.
Escolca borders the following municipalities: Barumini
, Gergei
, Gesico
, Mandas
, Serri
, Villanovafranca
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
Province of Cagliari
Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, located about 50 km north of Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 652 and an area of 14.7 km².
The municipality of Escolca contains the frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivision) San Simone.
Escolca borders the following municipalities: Barumini
Barumini
Barumini is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km north of Cagliari and about 15 km northeast of Sanluri....
, Gergei
Gergei
Gergei is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,413 and an area of 36.1 km²....
, Gesico
Gesico
Gesico is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 954 and an area of 25.5 km²....
, Mandas
Mandas
Mandas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,401 and an area of 45.0 km²....
, Serri
Serri
Serri is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 725 and an area of 19.1 km²....
, Villanovafranca
Villanovafranca
Villanovafranca is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km north of Cagliari and about 13 km northeast of Sanluri...
.