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Carbonia (pronounced [karˈbɔːnja] listen (help·info); Sardinian: Crabònia [kraβɔɲa]) is a town and comune in the Province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy. Along with Iglesias it was a co-capital of the former province of Carbonia-Iglesias, now suppressed. It is located in the south-west of the island, at about an hour by car or train from the regional capital, Cagliari.

Carbonia
Comune
Comune di Carbonia
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Location of Carbonia
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Coordinates: 39°10′2″N 8°31′20″E
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	South Sardinia
Frazioni	Bacu Abis, Barbusi, Cannas, Corongiu, Cortoghiana, Genna Corriga, Flumentepido, Is Gannaus, Is Meis, Medadeddu, Medau Desogus, Serbariu, Sirai, Sirri
Government
• Mayor	Pietro Morittu (PD)
Area
• Total	145.54 km2 (56.19 sq mi)
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population  (31 December 2017)[1]
• Total	28,265
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Demonym	Carboniesi or Carboniensi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	09013
Dialing code	0781
Patron saint	St. Pontian
Saint day	Third Thursday of May
Website	Official website

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History

Carbonia was founded on the 18 December 1938 by the Fascist regime. Benito Mussolini ordered the building of the city and was present at its inauguration. The city was built to provide housing for the workforce of the nearby mines. The name Carbonia comes from the Italian word for coal, abundant in the area.

Vitale Piga was appointed mayor of Carbonia and served in that capacity from September 28, 1939 to April 24, 1942.[2] Piga authored a book on the coalfields of the Sulcis region titled Il giacimento carbonifero del Sulcis: Carbonia.[3]

The city has grown since its founding in 1938 due to immigration from elsewhere on the island and from mainland Italy (in particular from the regions of Veneto, Sicily, Abruzzo, Marche, Basilicata and Campania), reaching about 45,000 residents in 1951. Currently it has a population of over 28,000.

Since the closing of the mines in the 1970s, Carbonia has had a high unemployment rate. After the closure of the mines the town's economy was converted to the metallurgical industry. Today most Carbonians are employed in heavy industry, and in the tertiary sector.

Main sights

• Monte Sirai, a hill in the surroundings of the city that hosts the ruins of a Phoenician-Carthaginian built-up area
• Domus de janas in the surroundings of Sirri and Monte Crobu
• Romanesque church of Santa Maria di Flumentepido (11th century)
• Former Serbariu coal mine, now turned into a museum and a site of industrial archaeology

Government

International relations

Carbonia is twinned with:

• Oberhausen, Germany
• Behren-lès-Forbach, France, since 2005
• Labin, Croatia, since 2010
• Raša, Croatia, since 2010

References

External links

• Official website
• Carbonia

На других языках

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[de] Carbonia

Carbonia ist eine italienische Stadt und Gemeinde auf Sardinien mit 27.611 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2019). Zusammen mit Iglesias ist Carbonia Hauptstadt der Provinz Sulcis Iglesiente.

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- [en] Carbonia, Sardinia

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[es] Carbonia

Carbonia (en sardo: Carbònia o Crabònia) es un municipio de Italia de 29.887 habitantes en la provincia de Cerdeña del Sur, región de Cerdeña.

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[ru] Карбония

Карбо́ния (итал. Carbonia, сард. Carbònia) — итальянский город с 28 009 жителями[2], временная столица провинции Южная Сардиния[3].

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