Berchidda

Berchidda (Gallurese: "Bilchidda", ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia.
It is located near Lake Coghinas in a hilly area bordered on the north by the Limbara mountain range.
Berchidda borders the following municipalities: Alà dei Sardi, Calangianus, Monti, Oschiri, Tempio Pausania.
Culture.
A jazz festival called "Time in Jazz" takes place every year in Berchidda since 1988. Paolo Fresu, the Sardinian trumpet player, born in Berchidda in 1961, is the founder and the organizer of this festival.
Transportation.
It is connected by the SS 131 State Road and has a station on the Cagliari-Olbia-Golfo Aranci railway.