Aritzo
Aritzo | |
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| Comune di Aritzo | |
Aritzo Location of Aritzo in Sardinia | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′N 9°12′E / 39.950°N 9.200°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | Nuoro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paolo Fontana |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.58 km2 (29.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 796 m (2,612 ft) |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 1,211 |
| • Density | 16.02/km2 (41.50/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Aritzesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08031 |
| Dialing code | 0784 |
| Website | Official website |
Aritzo (Sardinian: Arìtzo) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Cagliari and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Nuoro. It has a population of 1,211.[4]
Aritzo borders the municipalities of Arzana, Belvì, Desulo, Gadoni, Laconi, Meana Sardo, and Seulo.
Demographics
As of 2025, the population is 1,211, of which 56.2% are male, and 43.8% are female. Minors make up 9.8% of the population, and seniors make up 28.5%.[5]
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Immigration
Of the 1,203 residents at the time of the most recent count that included countries of birth, residents' countries of birth included the following countries, in descending order of frequency: Italy (1,062 – 88.3%), Pakistan (60 – 5%), Bangladesh (20 – 1.7%), Afghanistan (10 – 0.8%), Nigeria (7 – 0.6%).[8]
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
- ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2025". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
- ^ "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. ISTAT. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27. (Click the section named 'Classificazioni statistiche e dimensione dei comuni', download the link at the bottom, unzip the zip file, open either in CSV or XLSX and scroll down to the municipality)
- ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2025". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
- ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2025". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
- ^ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
- ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and individual citizenship or country of birth from year 2002". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-02-27. (Click on 'View by country of birth', and on the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)