Metropolitan city of Cagliari - Metropolitanstadt Cagliari

The Cagliari metropolitan area, Metropolitan city of Cagliari or Città Metropolitana di Cagliari is in the area around the island's capital Cagliari in the south of the island Sardinia.

In addition to the island's capital, it includes a few suburbs, which in 2016, together with Cagliari, encompassed the entire south of the island from what has existed since the foundation of modern Sardinia Province of Cagliari were detached. The rest of the former province of Cagliari became the province South Sardegna slammed, which completely surrounds the metropolitan area apart from the coast.

Regions

The Metropolitan city of Cagliari includes in addition to the urban area of Cagliari even just a number of suburbs.

places

• in the southwest, along the coastline are the places 39.0094479.00054931 Pula, 39.06584779.01016242 Sarroccu and 39.17518718.97085193 Capoterra
• along the and the railway line are the places 39.3111918.97033694 Decimomannu, 39.28967139.00484095 Assemini , 39.26787929.04998786 Elmas and 39.29943579.09183037 Sestu
• immediately to the west, surrounded by the bypass are the suburbs 39.25684779.13873678 Monserrato , 39.25365769.16062369 Selargius, 39.252869.176158910 Quartucciu and 39.2380079.18744211 Quartu Sant'Elena
• the villages are located in a wider area in the east 39.29099999.18525712 Settimo San Pietro, 39.30255749.203109713 Sinnai, 39.2862179.228858914 Maracalagonis and the coastal town 39.2175969.29078915 Flumini di Quartu

Other goals

• 38.98430899.01571871  Nora (area archeologica di Nora), 09010 Nora CA. .The city was founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC.last change: not specified

background

The Metropolitan city of Cagliari was created in 2016 by separating the Sardinian island capital Cagliari and the directly surrounding communities from the former encompassing the entire south of the island Province of Cagliari.

language

The official language is Italian, Sardinian is spoken locally in the variant of Campidano, in the urban area the sub-dialect Cagliaritano.

getting there

By air, most visitors will come across the 39.25359.05981 Aeroporto di Cagliari-Elmas(IATA: CAG) arrive; the 40.63038.2934Alghero airport(IATA: AHO) in the northwest and the 40.90139.516Olbia airport(IATA: OLB) are further away.

The most important ferry ports used by tourists for arriving by sea are in the north of the island:

• the 40.92319.5212Olbia in the northeast of the island with ferry connections from Genoa, Livorno, Piombino and Civitavecchia at Rome and the one a little north 40.99469.6235Golfo Arancifrom Sardinia Ferries Livorno, Piombino, Porto Vecchio on Corsica and Nice in South France is served.
• 40.84158.3922Porto Torres in the northwest of the island with ferry connections Genoa, Civitavecchia, Porto Vecchio and Ajaccio on Corsica, Toulon and Marseille in South France as Barcelona (E).

Directly to Cagliari, the crossing times are a little longer, but you land directly in the island's capital and can save yourself the need to cross the island on the way there:

• 39.21049.10752 Cagliari with connections after Civitavecchia at Rome, Naples and Palermo On Sicily.

By train / by bus

The most important north-south connection in Sardinia is that of the Ferrovie dello Stato / Trenitalia main line served by Olbia in the northeast about Macomer, Oristano further to the island capital Cagliari leads.

The province is served by buses of the arst / Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna served.

In the street

To arrive from the north-west of Sardinia, you usually use the , this most important north-south connection in western Sardinia, which is partly expanded to four lanes, leads from Sassari above Macomer and Oristano to Cagliari down. To arrive from the northeast, from the ferry ports around Olbia we recommend arriving via the SS 131DCN above Siniscola and Nuoro.

Of Cagliari leads to the southwestern part of the island to Iglesias and the southern coastal road to Carbonia.

The leads from the island's capital Cagliari the bathers briskly to the east in the direction of the seaside resorts of the Costa Rei, as the eastern coastal road runs the , which is partially expanded to four lanes, north to Tortoli and Arbatax.

mobility

After the tram network was dismantled from Cagliari In 1973, public transport was converted from bus operations. After some preparatory work, the first line of the narrow-gauge light rail was opened in 2008 "Metrocagliari" between the Piazza Repubblica and the suburb Monserrato to resume operations, the extension to the university polyclinic and line 2 after Settimo San Pietro started operations in 2015. There is also a suburban railway operation as Servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Cagliari on the Airport to Decimomannu, from here connections of the railway lines to Iglesias and Carbonia.

Tourist Attractions

• the most important sights are in the urban area of Cagliari

activities

• between the Quarters del Sole and Quartu Sant'Elena extends behind the shallow ponds of the salt pans, the kilometer-long beach of 39.2119.17231 PoettoType is color designation and 39.22299.1962 Golfo di QuartuType is color designation, so that you can enjoy the beach level close to the city.

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