Back Provincia de Nùgoro AN مقاطعة نيورو Arabic Provincia de Nuoro AST نیورو اوستانی AZB Нуоро (провинция) Bulgarian Proviñs Nuoro Breton Provincija Nuoro BS Província de Nùgoro Catalan Provincia di Nuoro CEB پارێزگای نوارا CKB
Province of Nuoro
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Capital(s) | Nuoro |
| Comuni | 74 |
| Government | |
| • President | Costantino Tidu |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,638.06 km2 (2,176.87 sq mi) |
| Population (31 July 2017) | |
• Total | 210,972 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €2.943 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €18,656 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08010-08040, 08042-08049, 08100 |
| Telephone prefix | 070, 079, 0484, 0782, 0784, 0785 |
| Vehicle registration | NU |
| ISTAT | 091 |
The province of Nuoro (Italian: provincia di Nuoro; Sardinian: provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro.
It has an area of 5,638 square kilometres (2,177 sq mi), and, As of 2017[update], a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 comuni (sg.: comune), the largest of which are Nuoro (36,925 inhabitants), Siniscola (11,492), Macomer (10,043), and Dorgali (8,576).[2] The other comuni are generally not so large, even if Oliena (7,123 inhabitants) and Orosei (7,025) can be considered as well as populated towns.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 195,449 | — |
| 1961 | 219,310 | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 216,620 | −1.2% |
| 1981 | 227,093 | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 227,091 | −0.0% |
| 2001 | 221,062 | −2.7% |
| 2011 | 215,165 | −2.7% |
| 2021 | 200,376 | −6.9% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||
The province was established in 1927.[3] In 2005, the territory of the province of Nuoro was substantially reduced as a consequence of the establishment in the island of four new provinces; subsequent administrative reforms have increased its size once again in 2016, through the annexation of 22 out of the 23 communes which made up the short-lived Ogliastra.
In April 2021, under Sardinian Regional Council's Regional Law Nr. 7[4], the annexation was reversed, restroring the Ogliastra province and reducing the province of Nuoro back to pre-2016 borders (plus the comune of Seulo that was previously located in the Province of South Sardinia).[5] Whilst the Italian government challenged the law,[6] thus stalling its implementation,[7] on March 12, 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.[8] On April 13, 2023, the regional council, at the proposal of the regional government, approved an amendment to the 2021 reform, defining the timeframe and manner of its implementation, which would see its full implementation in 2024.[9]
Parks located in the province include the National Park of the Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu.
It is known for its purported high concentration of centenarians and supercentenarians. From 5 March 2001 to 3 January 2002, Antonio Todde, from Tiana, was the oldest man in the world. It's is also one of the so-called blue zones.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ Population data source: Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) .
- ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1356.
- ^ "Legge regionale 12 aprile 2021, n. 7" [Regional law 7 of April 12, 2021] (PDF). Region of Sardinia (in Italian).
- ^ "Cenni storici - Province". Autonomous Region of Sardinia (in Italian).
- ^ "Leggi impugnate dal Governo". Consiglio regionale della Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Politica, nuove Province in alto mare: irrisolto il nodo referendum". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ Madeddu, Davide (2022-03-12). "Sardegna, la Consulta salva la riforma delle Province". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Altre 5 Province in Sardegna, iter nel collegato al bilancio - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2025-01-25.