Bonorva

Bonorva
Country	Italy
region	Sardinia
province	Sassari  (SS)
Local name	Bonorva
Coordinates	40 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height	508  m slm
surface	149.55 km²
Residents	3,310 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	07012
prefix	079
ISTAT number	090013
Popular name	Bonorvesi
Patron saint	Santa Maria Bambina
Website	www.comunebonorva.com

Bonorva is a municipality in the province of Sassari in the Italian region of Sardinia with 3310 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Bonorva is located 52 km south of Sassari east of the SS131 expressway, 500 m above sea level on the Campeda plateau and on the Cagliari – Golfo Aranci Marittima railway line . The neighboring communities are: Semestene and Giave ( SS ).

On the plateau, above Bonorva, there was a fortified borderline between the Puners and the Sardinian nuragic culture , as evidenced by the remains of a fort. In the village, the Catalan-Sardinian church Natività di Maria is worth seeing. To the east is the shepherd's village Rebeccu with the spring sanctuary Su Lumarzu . A little further away are the Domus de Janas of Sant 'Andria Priu .

Above Bonorva ran in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The Punic-Nuragic Limes . 150 m west of the church ruins of San Simeone are the remains of a Punic fortification, of which some ashlar stones with bosses have been preserved.

Nuragic baityloi and Roman milestones can be found in the Museo Civico (in the former monastery of the Church of Sant 'Antonio) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ List of fortification remains