Jersu/Jerzu

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Jersu/Jerzu

Total population

3,352

Elevation427 m

Land area102.61 km²

Coordinates39.79°, 9.52°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Jerzu is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Ogliastra in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Cagliari and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Tortolì. It has 2,912 inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

I

Italo Mereu

Italian jurist (1921–2009)

Antonio Loddo

Italian politician, journalist and writer

Cristoforo Mameli

Italian politician (1795-1872)

Francesco Cannas

Italian magistrate

Giorgio Carta

Italian politician

Giovanni De Murtas

Italian politician (1957-2000)

M

Maria Ausilia Piroddi

Maria Lai

Italian artist (1919–2013)

P

Pier Luigi Carta

Italian politician

R

Raffaele Arzu

Raimondo Milia

Italian politician (1923–2019)

Salvatore Depau

V

Virgilio Lai

Italian photographer

V

Vittorio Vargiu

M

Maria Pia Lai Guaita

Italian psychologist

F

Ferdinando Podda

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sardinia

• Ulassa/Ulassai
  1.7 mi away · pop. 1,613
• Òsini/Osini
  2.5 mi away · pop. 947
• Gàiru/Gairo Sant'Elena
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,678
• Taquisara
  5.4 mi away · pop. 200
• Loceri
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,336
• Lanusei
  6.2 mi away · pop. 5,841
• Ussassa/Ussassai
  6.7 mi away · pop. 763
• Tertenia
  7.2 mi away · pop. 3,726
• Barì/Bari Sardo
  7.5 mi away · pop. 3,871
• Àrthana/Arzana
  8.9 mi away · pop. 2,730
• Seui
  11 mi away · pop. 1,587
• Tortolì
  12 mi away · pop. 10,609

Browse all places in Sardinia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-08-15

Wide-eyed Flounder

Bothus podas

Seen 2026-08-15

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Seen 2026-08-15

Sceliphron spirifex

Sceliphron spirifex

Seen 2026-08-13

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-08-12

Five-spotted Velvet Ant

Mutilla quinquemaculata

Seen 2026-08-08

Blue Myrtle-cactus

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Seen 2026-08-07

Oakmoss

Evernia prunastri

Seen 2026-07-29

Red Palm Weevil

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Seen 2026-07-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).