Padru is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Olbia-Tempio

Province of Olbia-Tempio

Olbia-Tempio is the name of a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy.The territory includes the historical region of Gallura , the northeastern coast of Sardinia , and the island of La Maddalena ....

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Sardinia

Sardinia

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

, located about 180 km north of Cagliari

Cagliari

Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...

 and about 15 km south of Olbia

Olbia

Olbia is a town and comune of 56,231 inhabitants in northeastern Sardinia , in the Gallura sub-region. Called Olbia in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages and Terranova Pausania before the 1940s, Olbia was again the official name of the town after the period of Fascism.-Geography:It is the...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,107 and an area of 130.2 km².

The municipality of Padru contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Sozza, Cuzzola,Sa Serra, Pedra Bianca, Biasì,Tirialzu, Ludurru, Sos Runcos, and Sas Enas.

Padru borders the following municipalities: Alà dei Sardi

Alà dei Sardi

Alà dei Sardi is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km north of Cagliari and about 35 km southwest of Olbia....

, Loiri Porto San Paolo

Loiri Porto San Paolo

Loiri Porto San Paolo is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180 km north of Cagliari and about 7 km south of Olbia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,508 and an area of 117.8 km²...

, Olbia

Olbia

Olbia is a town and comune of 56,231 inhabitants in northeastern Sardinia , in the Gallura sub-region. Called Olbia in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages and Terranova Pausania before the 1940s, Olbia was again the official name of the town after the period of Fascism.-Geography:It is the...

, San Teodoro (OT)

San Teodoro (OT)

San Teodoro is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180 km northeast of Cagliari and about 20 km southeast of Olbia...

, Torpè

Torpè

Torpè is a comune in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km northeast of Cagliari and about 45 km northeast of Nuoro...

, Lodè

Lodè

Lodè is a comune in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km north of Cagliari and about 35 km northeast of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,110 and an area of 120.9 km²....

, Bitti

Bitti

Bitti is a comune in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 140 km north of Cagliari and about 20 km north of Nuoro....

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External links

• www.comune.padru.ss.it