Ortacesus
Encyclopedia
Ortacesus is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 35 km north of Cagliari
, included in the Trexenta
traditional subregion.
Ortacesus borders the following municipalities: Barrali
, Guamaggiore
, Guasila
, Pimentel
, Sant'Andrea Frius
, Selegas
, Senorbì
.
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 north 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...
, included in the Trexenta
Trexenta
Trexenta is a traditional subregion of Sardinia, Italy, located in the northern part of the province of Cagliari. It encompasses an area of c. 400 km², including 13 municipalities....
traditional subregion.
Ortacesus borders the following municipalities: Barrali
Barrali
Barrali is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located in the Trexenta about 30 km north of Cagliari....
, Guamaggiore
Guamaggiore
Guamaggiore is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km north of Cagliari....
, Guasila
Guasila
Guasila is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,871 and an area of 43.5 km²....
, Pimentel
Pimentel
Pimentel is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 30 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,200 and an area of 15.0 km²....
, Sant'Andrea Frius
Sant'Andrea Frius
Sant'Andrea Frius is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 30 km north of Cagliari....
, Selegas
Selegas
Selegas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,511 and an area of 20.5 km²....
, Senorbì
Senorbì
Senorbì is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km north of Cagliari. It is the main center of Trexenta, located in an area traditionally devoted to the cultivation of cereals...
.