Oristano Province

Oristano Province
State :	Italy
Region :	Sardinia
Capital:	Oristano
Area :	2,990 km²
Residents :	156,078 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	52.2 inhabitants / km²
Number of municipalities:	87
Postal code :	09020, 09070-09086, 09088-09099, 09170
License plate :	OR
ISO-3166-2 identification :	IT-OR
ISTAT number :	095
Website:	official page

The province of Oristano (Italian Provincia di Oristano , Sardinian Provìntzia de Aristanis ) is an Italian province in the Sardinia region . The capital is Oristano . It has 156,078 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in 87 municipalities on an area of ​​2,990 km².

Oristano Province

geography

The landscape ranges from desert-like sand areas to lagoons ( Aristanis means “between the lagoons”) to steep rocky slopes and basalt plateaus. Geologically, the area emerged from a series of volcanic eruptions ( Monte Ferru and Monte Arci ). Lava rocks and thermal springs ( Fordongianus ) and are witnesses of this past, which has continued into recent history.

history

The oldest human traces date from the 6th millennium BC. BC and were discovered in the oven graves at Conca é Illonis and Cuccuru S'Arriu . The Domus de Janas and the dolmens , giant tombs and fountain sanctuaries are more recent. In the 16th century BC The nuragic culture began . The Punians and Romans followed . The Sardinian resistance to the latter was broken with the destruction of Cornus . The Romans built the thermal baths. From the 8th century onwards, abandoned by Byzantium, the island organized itself into four judicates . One was Arborea and its capital, Oristano.

The province was established in 1974 from areas of the provinces Nuoro and Cagliari , making it the youngest province of Sardinia for a long time. In the course of the reorganization of the Sardinian provinces, which was decided in 2001 and implemented in 2005, the province received 10 municipalities from the province of Nuoro, increasing it by around 15,000 inhabitants and 410 km². When the Sardinian reorganization of local authorities came into force in 2016, the municipality of Genoni was reclassified to the province of Sud Sardegna .

Largest communities

(Population figures as of December 31, 2019)

local community	Residents
Oristano	31,469
Terralba	10.101
Convertibles	9043
Bosa	7806
Marrubiu	4737
Santa Giusta	4757
Ghilarza	4409
Mogoro	4048
Arborea	3844
Samugheo	2926

The list of municipalities in Sardinia includes all municipalities in the province with population figures.

Attractions

Old town of Bosa with Castello

Well sanctuary of Santa Cristina

Remains of Tharros

The Losa Nuraghe

• Cornus , at Cuglieri
• Ipogeo di San Salvatore
• Nuraghe Losa , at Abbasanta
• Muraguada , at Bauladu
• Tharros , at Cabras
• Santa Cristina , at Paulilatino
• Laconi , statue menhirs in the museum
• Corte Noa gallery tomb, menhirs .

Web links

Commons : Province of Oristano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the Province (Italian)

Individual evidence

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