Borutta
Borutta
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| Comune di Borutta | |
 View of Borutta | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Borutta Location of Borutta in Sardinia | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°45′E / 40.517°N 8.750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Metropolitan city | Sassari (SS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Silvano Quirico Salvatore Arru |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.76 km2 (1.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 491 m (1,611 ft) |
| Population (2026)[2] | |
• Total | 244 |
| • Density | 51.3/km2 (133/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 07040 |
| Dialing code | 079 |
| Website | Official website |
Borutta (Sardinian: Boruta) is a village and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Sassari in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Sassari. It has 244 inhabitants.[2]
The volcanic hill once housing the village of Sorres (destroyed by the Aragonese in the early 14th century) houses the Pisan-Romanesque church of San Pietro di Sorres.
Borutta is best known for being the first municipality in Italy to have a woman as its mayor, when Ninetta Bartoli was elected in 1946.[3]
Borutta borders the municipalities of Bessude, Bonnanaro, Cheremule, Thiesi, and Torralba.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2026, the population is 244, of which 49.6% are male, and 50.4% are female. Minors make up 5.7% of the population, and seniors make up 37.3%.[2]
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Immigration
[edit]As of 2025, immigrants make up 3.7% of the population. The foreign countries of birth are Romania, Vietnam, Germany, Luxembourg, and Morocco.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
- 1 2 3 "Resident population". ISTAT.
- ↑ "Ninetta Bartoli, la prima donna sindaco in Italia". L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ "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.
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