Valledoria

Valle Doria ( Gallurese: Codaruina ) is a town with 4066 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Sassari.

Geography

Valle Doria lies on the north east coast of Sardinia Castelsardo Asinara Gulf, near the mouth of the Coghinas which forms the large lagoon La Perla Blu there. To the municipality next to the main town also includes the municipalities of La Ciaccia and La Muddizza.

The neighboring municipalities are Badesi (OT), Castelsardo, Santa Maria Coghinas, Sedini and Viddalba.

History

Valledoria originally belonged to the Giudicato of Torres and then came into the possession of the Genoese Doria family. In the 15th century, after the conquest by the valley of the Aragon Coghinas was almost depopulated by epidemics. Only in the middle of the 19th century, the population increased again due to the influx of families from Aggius and Tempio Pausania. 1960 Valle Doria Codaruina independent municipality. In 1983, the former borough of Santa Maria Coghinas was also independently.

Special

Due to the demographic development of the typical Galluran dialect of Sardinian is spoken in the capital, while the other groups are part of the dialect area of ​​Sassaresischen.

Economy

In addition to agriculture today tourism plays an important role. The place advertises especially with good conditions for water sports, especially windsurfing and varied landscape to visitors.