Cossoine
Comune di Cossoine
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Cossoine is located in Sardinia
Cossoine
Cossoine
Location within Sardinia
Coordinates: 40°26′N 8°43′E / 40.433°N 8.717°E / 40.433; 8.717
CountryItaly
RegionSardinia
Metropolitan citySassari (SS)
Government
 • MayorSabrina Sassu
Area
 • Total
39.17 km2 (15.12 sq mi)
Elevation
529 m (1,736 ft)
Population
 (2026)[4]
 • Total
739
 • Density18.9/km2 (48.9/sq mi)
DemonymCossoinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07010
Dialing code079
WebsiteOfficial website

Cossoine is a village and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Sassari in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) north of Cagliari and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Sassari. It has 739 inhabitants.[4]

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).

Cossoine borders the municipalities of Bonorva, Cheremule, Giave, Mara, Padria, Pozzomaggiore, Romana, Semestene, and Thiesi.

Demographics

As of 2026, the population is 739, of which 48.8% are male, and 51.2% are female. Minors make up 9.6% of the population, and seniors make up 37.3%.[4]

Immigration

As of 2025, immigrants make up 11.6% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Romania, Argentina, Germany, Morocco, and Russia.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
  4. ^ a b c "Resident population". ISTAT.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
  7. ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship". ISTAT.