** Soleminis, located on the east side of Campidano, is less than 20 km from the capital region. Access is made easier by crossing the area from State Road 387 that connects Cagliari Parteolla areas, the Lower and Campidano Trexenta. The municipality covers an area of 12.94 sq km and the height is 209 meters above sea level.
The population in the latest census of 21.10.2001 and n. 1587.
ORIGIN OF NAME:
Regarding the origin of the name, some hypotheses have been advanced, although not all exhaustive. One is that for which the name derives from Soleminis: OLEAM-OLEAMINIS hence the Sardinian OLEAMINI and then S'OLEAMINI and Soleminis.
Another would be found in small SOLMINIMUS Soleminis sun become after the barbarism of the original Latin term.
Other interesting assumption, because it allows us to have some objective evidence, is that the name derives from the SOL or the gods of the sun god Phoebus of the Greeks, later identified as Apollo, father of Phaeton, of Pasiphae, Circe, and place EMINENS large, vertically, horizontally projecting outside, something that stands out clearly, which shows that manifests itself clearly, you see. Combining the two hypotheses, we dare to give the name the meaning of place in which we honor the sun god.
Another solution is to trace the root SOL populations in the Middle East settled here on our island during prenuragic and testimony of several ancient cities that are cited with the same root: eg. Only in Cilicia, Soli in Cyprus.
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY
Until the Aragonese conquest periods of history were devoid of data. The extreme lack of information from documents on the origins of the country.
Soleminis belonged to curatoria Parteolla held in Cagliari.
In 1258 the center is in possession of the noble family of Gherardesca Pisa and the Municipality of Pisa in 1297 to devise.
The first historical certainty of the village of Soleminis is given to us by documents that date back to 1320-23 are statistics relating to annuities Pisan and Aragonese attributed to the Sardinian villa.
In 1324 it was given in fief Soleminis all'aragonese Arnaldo Ballester and in 1327 the merchant of Barcelona Peter Mediavilla.
Later in 1345 the country passed to Francesco di San Clemente who kept it until his death after which he was again forfeited to the Crown in 1392 and later transferred to Jordan de Tola.
In 1442 Jordan de Tola sold the estate to kick Torrelas and his brothers in a time when the village was in ruins and almost unpopulated.
During the sixteenth century the estate became the property of several gentlemen of whom have not been able to ascertain the names with the exception of Don Pedro Massa. In the early decades of the 600 Soleminis is still uninhabited and after the death of its owner last fall at the disposal of the Crown.
In 1637 the estate was sold to Frank Vito thus obtained the title of Marquis of Soleminis.
The town was destroyed by the plague of 1652-56. In 1678 the town was refounded as the Villanova Soleminis. The family of Vico kept the estate until 1756 when it passed the sentence of tax Amat their descendants to the family of his mother's side.
On June 17, 1836 with the fall of the feudal privileges following the closing of the law met in Cagliari's city council that decreed that the vassals Soleminis <<had full availability of its land purchased with the right qualifications and be free to dispose even with foreigners>>. He complained that the Marquis still considered foreigners soleminesi vassals had moved to other centers and that in consequence of what bound them to pay the holder.