Valledoria

Valledoria Codaruina
Comune
Comune di Valledoria
Panorama
Valledoria Location of Valledoria in Sardinia Valledoria Valledoria (Sardinia)
Coordinates: 40°56′N 08°49′E
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	Sassari (SS)
Frazioni	La Ciaccia, La Muddizza
Government
• Mayor	Paolo Spezziga
Area
• Total	24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (28 February 2017)
• Total	4,319
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Demonym	Valledoriani or Codaruinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	07039
Dialing code	079
Website	Official website

Valledoria (Gallurese: Codaruìna, Sardinian: Codaruìna, Sassarese: Codaruìna) is a town and comune in the province of Sassari situated at the center of the Gulf of Asinara, near the mouth of the Coghinas river.

History

Valledoria was part of the giudicato of Torres, and was later acquired by the Genoese family of Doria. After the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia, the area was struck by plague which highly depopulated it.

A demographic rise occurred in the early 19th century, when new settlers coming from Aggius and Tempio Pausania created Codaruina. In 1960 the latter became an autonomous commune with the name of Valledoria. In 1983 the frazione of Santa Maria Coghinas became an independent commune.