Berchidda

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Berchidda | official_name = Comune di Berchidda | native_name = {{native name|src|Belchidda}}<br>{{native name|sdn|Bilchidda}} | image_skyline = Berchidda - Panorama (01).JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Panorama of Berchidda | image_shield = Berchidda-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | shield_size = px | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Italy Sardinia | coordinates = {{coord|40|47|N|9|10|E|type:city(3,037)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Sardinia]] | province = [[Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia|Gallura North-East Sardinia]] | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = Andrea Nieddu | area_footnotes =<ref name="area">{{cite web|url=https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224|title=Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011|language=it|publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 201.88 | population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web|title=Resident population|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=POS&l=en|publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref> | population_total = 2604 | population_as_of = 2026 | population_demonym = {{langx|it|berchiddese|link=no}}<br />{{langx|sc|belchiddesu|link=no}} / {{lang|sc|belchiddesa}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = |istat= | saint = St. Sebastian | day = 20 January | postal_code = 07022 | area_code = 079 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.berchidda.ot.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Berchidda''' ({{IPA|it|berˈkidda|lang}}; {{langx|src|Belchidda}} {{IPA|sc|belˈkiɖːa|}}; {{langx|sdn|Bilchidda}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia]] in the autonomous island region of [[Sardinia]] in [[Italy]], located about {{convert|170|km|mi}} north of [[Cagliari]] and about {{convert|30|km|mi}} southwest of [[Olbia]]. It has 2,604 inhabitants.<ref name="population" />

It is located near [[Lake Coghinas]] in a hilly area bordered on the north by the [[Limbara]] mountain range.

Berchidda borders the municipalities of [[Alà dei Sardi]], [[Calangianus]], [[Monti, Italy|Monti]], [[Oschiri]], and [[Tempio Pausania]].

== Demographics == As of 2026, the population is 2,604, of which 49.5% are male, and 50.5% are female. Minors make up 12.1% of the population, and seniors make up 28.4%.<ref name="population" /> {{Historical populations|1861|1333|1871|1402|1881|1579|1901|2125|1911|2323|1921|2769|1931|2923|1936|3018|1951|3428|1961|3576|1971|3261|1981|3374|1991|3353|2001|3177|2011|2897|2021|2634|cols=2|align=none|source=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991|trans-title=Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991|url=https://ebiblio.istat.it/digibib/Censimenti%20popolazione/Censimentipopolazioneresidentedal1861/RML0050288Pop_res_cens_1861_1991.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251112200324/https://ebiblio.istat.it/digibib/Censimenti%20popolazione/Censimentipopolazioneresidentedal1861/RML0050288Pop_res_cens_1861_1991.pdf |archive-date=2025-11-12|lang=it|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]}}</ref><ref name="timeseries">{{cite web |title=Resident population - Time series|url=https://esploradati.istat.it/databrowser/#/en/censpop/dashboards|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]}}</ref>}}

=== Immigration === As of 2025, immigrants make up 4.0% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are [[Romania]], [[France]], [[Morocco]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Germany]].<ref name="foreignborn">{{cite web |title=Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship |url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=RCS&a=&l=en |publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref>

== Culture ==

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

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

==References== <references /> {{commons category|Berchidda}} ==External links== * [http://www.timeinjazz.it/ ''Time in Jazz'' festival's official site]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sardinia]]