Sorgono () is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Nuoro in the
Italian region
Sardinia, located about north of
Cagliari
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...
and about southwest of
Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,927 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Sorgono borders the following municipalities:
Atzara,
Austis,
Belvì,
Neoneli,
Ortueri,
Samugheo,
Tiana,
Tonara.
The novelist
D. H. Lawrence visited Sorgono in 1921 and described the town and its inhabitants in Chapter 5 of
Sea and Sardinia.
Demographic evolution
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Notable Resident
Giovanni Melis Fois- (1916-2009) was born here.
Francesca Barracciu, MEP - born here in 1966
References
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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