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Villagrande Strisaili

municipality in Italy

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ340616 ↗
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Villagrande Strisaili (Sardinian: Biddamanna Istrisàili) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ogliastra in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) northeast of Cagliari and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tortolì. It has 2,834 inhabitants.

Villagrande Strisaili borders the municipalities of Arzana, Desulo, Fonni, Girasole, Lotzorai, Orgosolo, Talana, and Tortolì.

Demographics

As of 2026, the population is 2,834, of which 49.9% are male, and 50.1% are female. Minors make up 11.8% of the population, and seniors make up 30.1%.

This area was identified as the first Blue Zone due to its exceptional life expectancy. One study found that, unlike global statistics, males in this region live as long as females.

Immigration

As of 2025, immigrants make up 3.2% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Romania, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium, and Thailand.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Villagrande Strisaili” is municipality in Italy. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Villagrande, Strisaili and municipality, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026, 2025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Villagrande, Strisaili and municipality is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “municipality in Italy” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q340616. VIAF identifies the subject as 143072024. The Library of Congress control number is n81006862. Authority coordinates are 39.959, 9.508. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2026 and 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Villagrande Strisaili” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.