Osilo

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Osilo
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Osilo (Italy)
Osilo
Country Italy
region Sardinia
province Sassari  (SS)
Local name Osile
Coordinates 40 ° 44 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
height 672  m slm
surface 98.19 km²
Residents 2,937 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07033
prefix 079
ISTAT number 090050
Popular name Osilesi
Website Osilo
Panorama of Osilo with the castle hill
Panorama of Osilo with the castle hill

Osilo is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2937 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sassari in Sardinia . The community is located about 10 kilometers east-northeast of Sassari .

history

The settlement Sa Turricula in the district of Funtana 'e Casu, in Osilo is of fundamental importance for phase B of the Bonnanaro culture in the Middle Bronze Age, which can be connected with the first Protonuraghen . The Abealzu Filigosa culture is named after the village of Filigosa . The medieval castle was temporarily held by the Malaspina family. The church Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Bonaria ( German  “Our Lady of Bonaria” ) is located about 3.0 km southeast of Osilo, on the summit of the 766 m high Monte Tuffudesu.

traffic

The Strada Statale 127 Settentrionale Sarda leads through the village from Sassari towards Olbia . The Osilo train station is on the Sassari – Palau line , which is served by a narrow-gauge railway (950 mm gauge).

Web links

Commons : Osilo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.