Valledoria is a town and 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:...

in the province of Sassari

Sassari

Sassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...

 situated on the Gulf of Asinara

Gulf of Asinara

The Gulf of Asinara is a sea sector included between the Asinara Island, Cape Falcone and the town of Castelsardo, in northern Sardinia, Italy...

, near the mouth of the Coghinas

Coghinas

The Coghinas is a river of northern Sardinia, Italy. With a length of 115 km, it is the third longest river of the island behind the Tirso and the Flumendosa.It has a drainage basin of 2551 km²....

 river.

History

Valledoria was part of the giudicato of Torres, and was later acquired by the Genoese

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

 family of Doria

Doria

Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...

. After the Aragon

Aragon

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ese conquest of Sardinia, the area was struck by plague which highly depopulated it.

A demographic rise occurred in the early 19th century, when new settlers coming from Aggius

Aggius

Aggius is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 190 km north of Cagliari and about 35 km west of Olbia....

 and Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania is a town c. 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, the administrative capital of the province of Olbia-Tempio.- History :...

 created Codaruina. In 1960 the latter became an autonomous commune with the name of Valledoria. In 1983 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...

of Santa Maria Coghinas

Santa Maria Coghinas

Santa Maria Coghinas is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 190 km north of Cagliari and about 35 km northeast of Sassari, in the Anglona traditional region, on the banks of Coghinas river.Santa Maria Coghinas borders the following...

became an independente commune.

Sports and natural environment

Valledoria is in the center of Asinara gulf, in front of the sea.
The spot is very interesting for watersports.
Playa Sardiniahttp://www.playasardinia.org is a local no profit environment protection association, that advertise the local activities to promote and protect the natura 2000 network area , " Foci del Coghinas". Here Playa Sardinia has a sailing center where is possible to sail on dinghies all year long, respecting the environment and discovering the local area.