Villanovaforru
Encyclopedia
Villanovaforru is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Medio Campidano
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari
and about 8 km northwest of Sanluri
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 709 and an area of 11.0 km².
Villanovaforru borders the following municipalities: Collinas
, Lunamatrona
, Sanluri
, Sardara
.
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 Medio Campidano
Province of Medio Campidano
Medio Campidano is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy.It was created in 2005 from part of the province of Cagliari. It contains 28 communities, the largest of which by population are :-Politics:...
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 50 km northwest 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...
and about 8 km northwest of Sanluri
Sanluri
Sanluri is the capital town of the province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia, Italy....
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 709 and an area of 11.0 km².
Villanovaforru borders the following municipalities: Collinas
Collinas
Collinas is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari and about 9 km northwest of Sanluri...
, Lunamatrona
Lunamatrona
Lunamatrona is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari and about 9 km north of Sanluri, in the inner Marmilla plain....
, Sanluri
Sanluri
Sanluri is the capital town of the province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia, Italy....
, Sardara
Sardara
Sardara is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km northwest of Cagliari and about 8 km northwest of Sanluri....
.