Sorso

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Sorso-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Sorso
name = Sorso
region = Sardinia
province = Sassari (SS)
elevation_m = 136
area_total_km2 = 67.05
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 14419
population_density_km2 = 191.53
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|48|N|8|34|E|type:city(14,419)_region:IT
frazioni = Marina di Sorso
telephone = 079
postalcode = 07037
gentilic = Sorsesi o Sorsensi (Italian), Sussinchi (Sassarese)
saint = St. Pantaleon
day = July 27
mayor = Antonio Spano
website =
mapy = 8.5667
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Sorso (Sassarese: "Sòssu") is a "comune" (municipality) of c. 14,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180 km north of Cagliari and about 8 km north of Sassari.

Sorso is a tourist resort facing the Gulf of Asinara. Apart tourism, the economy is mostly based on agriculture. The local dialect is a variant of Sassarese with influences from Pisan , Genoese and Corsican dialects.

Barisone III of Torres was assassinated at Sorso during a peasant revolt in 1236.

Demographic evolution

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