Montresta
Encyclopedia
Montresta is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Oristano
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 140 km northwest of Cagliari
and about 50 km north of Oristano
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 594 and an area of 23.8 km².
Montresta borders the following municipalities: Bosa
, Villanova Monteleone
, Padria
.
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 Oristano
Province of Oristano
Oristano is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano.It has an area of 3,040 km², and a total population of 167,971 . There are 88 municipalities in the province ). As of June 2005, the main communes by population are:-Politics:-External...
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 140 km northwest 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...
and about 50 km north of Oristano
Oristano
Oristano is a town and comune, capital of the Province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It has approximately 32,500 inhabitants.Its economy is mainly based on fishing, agriculture and, to a certain extent, tourism.-History:...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 594 and an area of 23.8 km².
Montresta borders the following municipalities: Bosa
Bosa, Italy
Bosa is a town and comune in the province of Oristano , part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, about 3 kilometers inland on the north bank of the Temo River...
, Villanova Monteleone
Villanova Monteleone
Villanova Monteleone is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km northwest of Cagliari and about 25 km southwest of Sassari...
, Padria
Padria
Padria is a comune in the Province of Sassari on the Italian island of Sardinia, located about 140 km northwest of Cagliari and about 40 km south of Sassari...
.