Cardedu

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Cardedu | official_name = Comune di Cardedu | native_name = | image_skyline = Sa_perda_e_pera_-_panoramio.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Beach of Sa perda e pera | image_shield = Cardedu-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Italy Sardinia | coordinates = {{coord|39|48|N|9|38|E|type:city(1,542)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Sardinia]] | province = [[Province of Ogliastra|Ogliastra]] | frazioni =Buoncammino, C. Impero, Iscrixedda, Museddu, Perdepera, Perdu Pili, Su Scusorgiu | mayor_party = | mayor = Matteo Piras | 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 = 33.39 | 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 = 2002 | population_as_of = 2026 | population_demonym = Cardedesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 49 |istat= | saint = | day = | postal_code = 08040 | area_code = 0782 | website = {{official website|http://www.comunedicardedu.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Cardedu''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Ogliastra]] in the autonomous island region of [[Sardinia]] in [[Italy]], located about {{convert|80|km|mi}} northeast of [[Cagliari]] and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} south of [[Tortolì]]. It has 2,002 inhabitants.<ref name="population" />

Cardedu borders the municipalities of [[Bari Sardo]], [[Gairo, Sardinia|Gairo]], [[Jerzu]], [[Lanusei]], [[Osini]], and [[Tertenia]].

== Demographics == As of 2026, the population is 2,002, of which 48.7% are male, and 51.3% are female. Minors make up 15.9% of the population, and seniors make up 24.2%.<ref name="population" /> {{Historical populations|1861|434|1871|467|1881|513|1901|653|1911|723|1921|712|1931|775|1936|803|1951|872|1961|967|1971|913|1981|1000|1991|1426|2001|1465|2011|1809|2021|1927|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 7.2% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are [[Germany]], [[Romania]], [[Morocco]], [[Switzerland]], and [[France]].<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>

==References== {{commons category|Cardedu}} {{reflist}} {{Province of Ogliastra}} {{authority control}}

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