Cossoine

Coordinates: 40°26′N 8°43′E / 40.433°N 8.717°E / 40.433; 8.717
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Cossoine
Comune di Cossoine
Location of Cossoine
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Cossoine is located in Italy
Cossoine
Cossoine
Location of Cossoine in Sardinia
Cossoine is located in Sardinia
Cossoine
Cossoine
Cossoine (Sardinia)
Coordinates: 40°26′N 8°43′E / 40.433°N 8.717°E / 40.433; 8.717
CountryItaly
RegionSardinia
ProvinceSassari (SS)
Government
 • MayorSabrina Sassu
Area
 • Total38.17 km2 (14.74 sq mi)
Elevation
529 m (1,736 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total847
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
DemonymCossoinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07010
Dialing code079
WebsiteOfficial website

Cossoine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) north of Cagliari and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Sassari.

Cossoine borders the following municipalities: Bonorva, Cheremule, Giave, Mara, Padria, Pozzomaggiore, Romana, Semestene, Thiesi.

Sights include the churches of Santa Maria Iscalas, an example of Byzantine architecture (6th-11th centuries), and Santa Chiara, in Romanesque-Gothic-Aragonese style (16th century).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.