Villacidro
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Sardinia | |
| province | South Sardegna (SU) | |
| Local name | Biddaxidru | |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 27 ' N , 8 ° 44' E | |
| height | 267 m slm | |
| surface | 183.55 km² | |
| Residents | 13,775 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 09039 | |
| prefix | 070 | |
| ISTAT number | 111096 | |
| Popular name | Villacidresi | |
| Patron saint | Santa Barbara | |
| Website | Villacidro | |
Villacidro is an Italian municipality with 13,775 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sud Sardegna in Sardinia . Villacidro was the capital of the province of Medio Campidano in the southwest of the island from 2001 to 2016 .
During the Second World War , the Villacidro-Trunconi military airfield ( ⊙ ) was located between Villacidro and Serramanna and was used successively by the Italian, German and American air forces. Today, among other things, there is a horse racing track on the site .
sons and daughters of the town
- Giuseppe Dessì (1909–1977), writer
- Giuseppe Pittau (1928–2014), Curia Archbishop, Acting General of the Societas Jesu
Web links
Commons : Villacidro - collection of images, videos and audio files
- sardinien.com: Villacidro , Interesting facts about Villacidro (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Ignazio Fanni: I confini dell'orizzonte. Trunconi. Il più vasto campo d'aviazione della Sardegna in guerra 1940-1944. Bastogi, Foggia 2005.
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