Matriz | |
Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
The garden Ribeira dos Moinhos alongside Ribeira Grande, part of the parish of Matriz in Ribeira Grande
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Official name: Freguesia da Matriz | |
Name origin: matriz, Portuguese for birthplace or origin | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Group | Central |
Island | São Miguel |
Municipality | Ribeira Grande |
Localities | Bairro de Santa Luzia, Caldeiras, Matriz |
Center | Matriz |
- elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Highest point | Vereda do Mulato |
- elevation | 853.4 m (2,800 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Length | 9.24 km (6 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
Width | 2.58 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
Area | 10.82 km2 (4 sq mi) |
- land | 8.13 km2 (3 sq mi) |
- water | 1.53 km2 (1 sq mi) |
- urban | 1.16 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 3,552 (2001) |
Density | 328.28 / km2 (850 / sq mi) |
LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua Prior Evaristo C. Gouveia, Matriz, Ribeira Grande |
- elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
- coordinates | |
President Junta | Maria de Lurdes Teixeira Moreira Alfinete |
President Assembleia | Bernardete de Lourdes Melo Simas Couto |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
Postal Zone | 9600-572 Matriz |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Demonym | Micalense |
Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Estrela |
Parish Address | Rua Prior Evaristo C. Gouveia 9600-572 Matriz |
Wikimedia Commons: Matriz (Ribeira Grande) | |
Website: http://www.jfmatriz.com/ | |
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
Matriz is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3552, its density is 328.3/km² and the area is 10.82 km².
Matriz has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).