Castiadas
Encyclopedia
Castiadas is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 35 km east of Cagliari
. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part of the Sarrabus-Gerrei
historical region.
Castiadas borders the following municipalities: Maracalagonis
, Muravera
, San Vito, Sinnai
, Villasimius
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
Province of Cagliari
Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, located about 35 km east of Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part of the Sarrabus-Gerrei
Sarrabus-Gerrei
Sarrabus-Gerrei is a sub-region of souther-eastern Sardinia, Italy.-Sarrabus:Traditionally Sarrabus occupies the area of the communes of Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu, corresponding to the curatory with the same name of the medieval giudicato of Cagliari...
historical region.
Castiadas borders the following municipalities: Maracalagonis
Maracalagonis
Maracalagonis is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,961 and an area of 101.5 km²....
, Muravera
Muravera
Muravera is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari in the Sarrabus traditional area....
, San Vito, Sinnai
Sinnai
Sinnai is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northeast of Cagliari....
, Villasimius
Villasimius
Villasimìus is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km east of Cagliari.-History:...
.