Berchidda | |
Official Name: | Comune di Berchidda |
Pushpin Map: | Italy Sardinia |
Coordinates: | 40.7833°N 19°W |
Region: | Sardinia |
Province: | Sassari (SS) |
Mayor: | Andrea Nieddu |
Area Total Km2: | 201.88 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2758 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
Population Demonym: | it|berchiddese|link=no sc|belchiddesu|link=no / Sardinian: belchiddesa |
Saint: | St. Sebastian |
Day: | 20 January |
Postal Code: | 07022 |
Area Code: | 079 |
Berchidda (pronounced as /it/; src|Belchidda pronounced as /sc/; sdn|Bilchidda) is an Italian commune in the province of Sassari, region and island of Sardinia, located about 170km (110miles) north of Cagliari and about 30km (20miles) southwest of Olbia.
It is located near Lake Coghinas in a hilly area bordered on the north by the Limbara mountain range.
Berchidda borders the following municipalities: Alà dei Sardi, Calangianus, Monti, Oschiri, Tempio Pausania.
A jazz festival called Time in Jazz takes place every year in Berchidda since 1988. Paolo Fresu, the Sardinian trumpet player, born in Berchidda in 1961, is the founder and the organizer of this festival.
It is connected by the SS 131 State Road and has a station on the Cagliari-Olbia-Golfo Aranci railway.