Nuoro

The earliest traces of human settlement in the Nuoro area (called "the Nuorese") are the so-called Domus de janas, rock-cut tombs dated at the third millennium BC. However, fragments of ceramics of the Ozieri culture have also been discovered and dated at c. 3500 BC.^[7]

The Nuorese was a centre of the Nuragic civilization, which developed in Sardinia from c. 1500 BC to c. 250 BC.^[8][9][10] More than 30 Nuragic sites have been discovered in the area, including a village discovered in the countryside of Tanca Manna, just outside Nuoro, which comprised over 150 huts.^[10][11]

The Nuorese was crossed by a Roman road which connected Karalis (Cagliari) to Ulbia (Olbia). The legacy of the Roman colonization can especially be found in the variety of the Sardinian language which is still spoken today in Nuoro: Nuorese Sardinian is considered the most conservative dialect of Sardinian,^[12] which is in turn the most conservative Romance language.^[13]

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Sardinia was held first by the Vandals and then by the Byzantines. According to the letters of Pope Gregory I, a Romanized and Christianized culture (that of the provinciales) co-existed with several Pagan cultures (those of the Gens Barbaricina, i.e. "Barbarian People") mainly located in the island's interior.^[14] As the Byzantine control waned, the Judicates appeared. A small village known as Nugor appears on a medieval map from 1147. In the two following centuries it grew to more than 1000 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]} Nuoro remained a town of average importance under the Aragonese and Spanish domination of Sardinia, until famine and plague struck it in the late 17th century.^[15]

After the annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the town became the administrative center of the area, obtaining the title of city in 1836.^[16]

As of 2025, Nuoro has a population of 33,106, of whom 48.1% are male and 51.9% are female. Minors make up 11.9% of the population, and seniors make up 28.5%, compared to the Italian average of 14.9% and 24.7% respectively.^[2]

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 1,111, equal to 3.3% of the population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Romanians (310), Senegalese (233), Chinese (102), Pakistanis (80) and Moroccans (72).^[20]

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Foreign population by country of birth (2024)^[20]

Country	Population
Romania	310
Senegal	233
China	102
Pakistan	80
Morocco	72
Nigeria	55
Afghanistan	22
Bangladesh	22
The Gambia	19
Mali	18
Albania	16
Argentina	9
Poland	9
Ukraine	9
Cuba	8

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