Ozieri | |
Native Name: | Otieri |
Official Name: | Città di Ozieri |
Coordinates: | 40.5833°N 9°W |
Region: | Sardinia |
Province: | Sassari (SS) |
Frazioni: | Chilivani, Fraigas, San Nicola, Vigne, Lago Del Coghinas, Regione Badde Pira |
Mayor: | Marco Murgia |
Elevation M: | 390 |
Area Total Km2: | 252.13 |
Population As Of: | 1-1-2019 |
Population Total: | 10454 |
Population Demonym: | Ozierese(-i) |
Saint: | St. Antiochus |
Day: | November, 13 |
Pushpin Map: | Italy Sardinia |
Postal Code: | 07014 |
Area Code: | 079 |
Ozieri (Sardinian: Otieri) is a comune (municipality) of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, in the Italian region of Sardinia, in the Logudoro historical region. Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri. Ozieri is the centre of the earliest known archaeological culture on Sardinia (known as Ozieri culture).
Ozieri can be reached from Sassari through the SS.597 National Road and by Olbia (SS.199).
The city has a railway station located in the frazione of Chilivani (lines to Olbia, Porto Torres and Cagliari).