Sorso
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Comune di Sorso | |
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Country | 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 | |
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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