Nuragus
Encyclopedia
Nuragus is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 60 km north of Cagliari
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,014 and an area of 19.9 km².
The municipality of Nuragus contains the frazione
(subdivision) Lixius.
Nuragus borders the following municipalities: Genoni
, Gesturi
, Isili
, Laconi
, Nurallao
.
From the name of the comune
comes the name of a Sardinian wine. An ancient Phoenician varietal found in southern Sardegna. Light and tart wines that are drunk as an apertif in their homeland.
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 60 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 1,014 and an area of 19.9 km².
The municipality of Nuragus 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) Lixius.
Nuragus borders the following municipalities: Genoni
Genoni
Genoni is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km north of Cagliari and about 35 km southeast of Oristano...
, Gesturi
Gesturi
Gesturi is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km north of Cagliari and about 20 km northeast of Sanluri...
, Isili
Isili
Isili is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,973 and an area of 68.0 km²....
, Laconi
Laconi
Laconi is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km north of Cagliari and about 40 km east of Oristano...
, Nurallao
Nurallao
Nurallao is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,404 and an area of 34.7 km²....
.
From the name of the comune
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:...
comes the name of a Sardinian wine. An ancient Phoenician varietal found in southern Sardegna. Light and tart wines that are drunk as an apertif in their homeland.