Vila Franca do Campo

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Vila Franca do Campo Municipal coat of arms
Location
- Country	Portugal
- Region	A.R. of Azores
- Subregion	A.R. of Azores
- District or A.R.	A.R. of Azores
Mayor	Rui António Melo
- Party	PSD
Area	78.0 km²
Population
- Total	11,039
- Density	142/km²
No. of parishes	6
Coordinates	[1]
Municipal holiday	Saint John June 24
Website: http://www.cmvfc.pt

Vila Franca do Campo (pron. IPA: ['vilɐ 'fɾɐ̃kɐ du 'kɐ̃pu]; lit. Free Town of the Countryside) is a town and a municipality on the southern part of São Miguel Island in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. It has a population of 11,039 inhabitants and a total area of 78.0 km². The town itself has 5,300 inhabitants.

Vila Franca do Campo is located east of Ponta Delgada and is linked with a mountainous road connecting Ponta Delgada and Lagoa, Furnas, Povoação and the eastern part of the island to the east and to the north especially north. Most of the mountains are covered with forests and are grassy in both lower and higher elevations. The rest of the land are made up of agricultural lands and some forests.

[edit] Parishes

The 6 parishes of Vila Franca do Campo include:

• Água de Alto
• Ponta Garça
• Ribeira das Tainhas
• Ribeira Seca
• São Miguel
• São Pedro

[edit] External links

• Photos of Vila Franca do Campo by Gaspar Ávila
• Municipality official website
• Photos from Vila Franca do Campo