Sarroch ( sc, Sarrocu) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Cagliari
The Metropolitan City of Cagliari ( it, Città metropolitana di Cagliari, Sardinian: ''Tzittadi metropolitana de Casteddu'') is a metropolitan city in Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari and includes 17 comuni. It was establis ...
in the
Italian
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region
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, located about southwest of
Cagliari.
Sarroch borders the following municipalities:
Assemini
Assemini (; sc, Assèmini ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It includes n ...
,
Capoterra
Capoterra ( sc, Cabuderra; ; from Latin ''Caput Terrae'', "head of the Earth") is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. At 2011 national census it had 24,017 inhabitants and is part of the Cagliari metropol ...
,
Pula,
Villa San Pietro
Villa San Pietro, Santu Perdu in Sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari.
Villa San Pietro borders the following municipalitie ...
.
Sarroch population grows to about 10,000 in the summer due to the tourist flow in the zones of Perda e Sali and Portu Columbu. The origins of the name are unknown. It might derive from the
Phoenician "Sharak" meaning "bunch of grapes", or perhaps from the
Catalan
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* Catalan language, a Romance language
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Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
"S'arroch", with reference of the majestic rock that dominates the village.
Saras
Sarroch is the location of the oil refinery
Saras S.p.A. owned by the Moratti family.
The refinery is one of the biggest in Europe and was the subject of scandals related to pollution and public incentives for renewable energy sources and also worker security.
In 2009 the documentary ''
Oil
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'', based on the story of the refinery, was subject to
censorship in Italy.
References
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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