Sorgono ( sc, Sòrgono) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro ( it, provincia di Nuoro; sc, provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The provinc ...

in the

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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 north of

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

and about southwest of

Nuoro Nuoro ( or less correctly ; sc, Nùgoro ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of the Monte Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), ...

. 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 The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...

. Sorgono borders the following municipalities:

Atzara Atzara ( sc, Atzàra) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. Atzara borders the following municipalities: Belvì, Meana Sardo, Samugh ...

Austis Austis ( la, Augustae, sc, Aùstis) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. Austis borders the following municipalities: Neonel ...

Belvì Belvì ( sc, Brevìe) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. It is part of the traditional region Barbagia di Belvì. Belvì border ...

Neoneli Neoneli ( sc, Neunele) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Oristano. Neoneli borders the following municipalities: Ardauli, Austis, Nu ...

Ortueri Ortueri is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. Ortueri borders the following municipalities: Austis, Busachi, Neoneli, Samugheo ...

Samugheo Samugheo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about east of Oristano. Samugheo borders the following municipalities: Allai, Asuni, Atzara, Busachi, Laco ...

, Tiana,

Tonara Tonara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,116 and an area of .All demograp ...

. The novelist

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

visited Sorgono in 1921 and described the town and its inhabitants in Chapter 5 of

Sea and Sardinia ''Sea and Sardinia'' is a travel book by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It describes a brief excursion undertaken in January 1921 by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, a.k.a. Queen Bee, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia. They v ...

Demographic evolution

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Notable Resident

Giovanni Melis Fois Giovanni Melis Fois (October 7, 1916 – September 3, 2009) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. Fois was born in Sorgono, Italy and ordained a priest on August 13, 1939 from the Archidocese of Oristano. On May 25, 1963, he was ...

- (1916-2009) was born here.

Francesca Barracciu Francesca Barracciu (born 11 June 1966, Sorgono) is an Italian politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Early life and career Graduated in philosophy and pedagogy, she was a teacher of literary and Latin subjects at ...

, MEP - born here in 1966

References

Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub