Sorso

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Comune di Sorso
Coat of arms of Comune di Sorso
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Sorso in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Sassari (SS)
Mayor Antonio Spano
Elevation 136 m (446 ft)
Area 67.05 km² (26 sq mi)
Population (as of Dec. 2004[1])
 - Total 14,419
 - Density 215/km² (557/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 40°48′N, 8°34′E
Gentilic Sorsesi o Sorsensi (Italian), Sussinchi (Sassarese)
Dialing code 079
Postal code 07037
Frazioni Marina di Sorso
Patron St. Pantaleon
 - Day July 27

Sorso (Sassarese: Sòssu) is a comune (municipality) of c. 14,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180 km north of Cagliari and about 8 km north of Sassari.

Sorso is a tourist resort facing the Gulf of Asinara. Apart tourism, the economy is mostly based on agriculture. The local dialect is a variant of Sassarese with influences from Pisan and Genoese dialects.

Barisone III of Torres was assassinated at Sorso during a peasant revolt in 1236.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.