Berchidda

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Berchidda-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Berchidda
name = Berchidda |img_coa_small=yes
region = Sardinia
province = Olbia-Tempio (OT)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 201.88
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 3037
population_density_km2 = 15
timezone = CET, UTC+1
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frazioni =
telephone = 079
postalcode = 07022
gentilic = Berchiddesi
saint = St. Sebastian
day = january 20
mayor = Sebastiano Sannitu (since May 18, 2005)
website =
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Berchidda is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 30 km southwest of Olbia.

It is located in a hill area bordered on the north by the Limbara mountain range. The Lake Coghinas is in the nearby.

Berchidda borders the following municipalities: Alà dei Sardi, Calangianus, Monti, Oschiri, Tempio Pausania.

Music

A jazz festival called "Time in Jazz" takes place every year in Berchidda since 1988. Paolo Fresu, the famous sardinian trumpet player, born in Berchidda in 1961, is the founder and the organizer of this festival.

Transportation

It is connected by the SS 131 State Road and has a station on the Cagliari-Olbia-Golfo Aranci railway.

Demographic evolution

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