Orune

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Orune

Total population

3,021

Elevation745 m

Land area128.45 km²

Coordinates40.41°, 9.37°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Orune is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Cagliari and about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Nuoro. It has 2,022 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Antonio Pigliaru

Sardinian jurist and philosopher (1922–1969)

Ignazio Sanna

Italian theologian and priest

Bachisio Bandinu

Italian teacher, journalist and writer (1939-2026)

Carmelo Porcu

Italian politician

Ciriaco Carru

Italian military personnel (1963–1995)

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Diego Mele

Italian poet, writer and priest (1797–1861)

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Dionigi Panedda

Italian historian (1916–1989)

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Giampietro Dore

Italian journalist (1899–1974)

Gianuario Carta

Italian politician and lawyer (1931–2017)

Giorgio Asproni

Italian politician (1808-1876)

Giosuè Ligios

Italian politician

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Giovanni Arca

Italian priest and historian (1562 circa-1599)

Giuseppe Musio

Italian magistrate and politician (1797–1876)

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Melchiorre Dore

Italian poet, writer and priest (1776-1851)

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Michelangelo Pira

Italian anthropologist, writer and journalist (1928–1980)

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Silvestro Ladu

Italian politician

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

Nearby places in Sardinia

• Bitzi/Bitti
  5 mi away · pop. 3,481
• Nuoro
  6.3 mi away · pop. 36,678
• Onanìe/Onanì
  6.6 mi away · pop. 473
• Lùvula/Lula
  7.5 mi away · pop. 1,657
• Ulìana/Oliena
  9.5 mi away · pop. 7,604
• Nule
  10.2 mi away · pop. 1,573
• Benetutti
  11.1 mi away · pop. 2,181
• Osidde/Osidda
  11.3 mi away · pop. 266
• Lòcula/Loculi
  12.7 mi away · pop. 523
• Uddusò/Buddusò
  13.2 mi away · pop. 4,145
• Irgoli
  13.7 mi away · pop. 2,294
• Durgali/Dorgali
  14 mi away · pop. 8,190

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Orune

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers