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Valledoria

Codaruina
Comune di Valledoria
Panorama
Panorama
Coat of arms of Valledoria
Coat of arms
Country Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Sassari (SS)
Frazioni La Ciaccia, La Muddizza
Area
 • Total 24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (28 February 2017)
 • Total 4,319
 • Density 176.65/km2 (457.51/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Valledoriani or Codaruinesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07039
Dialing code 079

Valledoria (Gallurese: Codaruìna, Sardinian: Codaruìna, Sassarese: Codaruìna) is a town and comune in the province of Sassari situated at the center of the Gulf of Asinara, near the mouth of the Coghinas river.

History

Valledoria was part of the giudicato of Torres, and was later acquired by the Genoese family of Doria. After the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia, the area was struck by plague which highly depopulated it.

A demographic rise occurred in the early 19th century, when new settlers coming from Aggius and Tempio Pausania created Codaruina. In 1960 the latter became an autonomous commune with the name of Valledoria. In 1983 the frazione of Santa Maria Coghinas became an independent commune.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Valledoria para niños

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