Valledoria

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Valledoria-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Valledoria
region = Sardinia
province = Sassari (SS)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 24.45
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 3822
population_density_km2 = 156.31
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|56|N|08|49|E
frazioni =La Ciaccia, La Muddizza
telephone = 079
postalcode = 07039
gentilic =
saint =
day =
mayor =
website = [http://www.valledoria.com www.valledoria.com]

Valledoria (Gallurese: "Codaruìna") is a town and commune in the province of Sassari situated on 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 independente commune.