Aritzo
Aritzo | |
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| Comune di Aritzo | |
 View of Aritzo | |
  Aritzo Location of Aritzo in Sardinia | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′N 9°12′E / 39.950°N 9.200°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | Nuoro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paolo Fontana |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.58 km2 (29.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 796 m (2,612 ft) |
| Population (2026)[4] | |
• Total | 1,272 |
| • Density | 16.83/km2 (43.59/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Aritzesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08031 |
| Dialing code | 0784 |
| Website | Official website |
Aritzo (Sardinian: Arìtzo) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Cagliari and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Nuoro. It has 1,272 inhabitants.[4]
Aritzo borders the municipalities of Arzana, Belvì, Desulo, Gadoni, Laconi, Meana Sardo, and Seulo.
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Demographics
As of 2026, the population is 1,272, of which 59.4% are male, and 40.6% are female. Minors make up 10.4% of the population, and seniors make up 27.4%.[4]
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Immigration
As of 2025, immigrants make up 12.3% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso.[7]
Gallery
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Aritzo in 1901
Houses in Aritzo- A boy wearing local traditional clothes
References
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- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
- ↑ "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. ISTAT. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27. (Click the section named 'Classificazioni statistiche e dimensione dei comuni', download the link at the bottom, unzip the zip file, open either in CSV or XLSX and scroll down to the municipality)
- ↑ "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. ISTAT. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
- 1 2 3 "Resident population". ISTAT.
- ↑ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-12.
- ↑ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
- ↑ "Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship". ISTAT.