Remédios | |
Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
Official name: Freguesia de Remédios | |
Name origin: remédios Portuguese for remedies | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Group | Central |
Island | São Miguel |
Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
Center | Remédios |
- elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Highest point | Pico da Cruz |
- elevation | 795.92 m (2,611 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Length | 5.33 km (3 mi), Southeast-Northwest |
Width | 1.67 km (1 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
Area | 5.6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
- land | 5.27 km2 (2 sq mi) |
- water | .00 km2 (0 sq mi) |
- urban | .33 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 997 (2001) |
Density | 178.04 / km2 (461 / sq mi) |
LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua Chã dos Remédios, Remédios, Ponta Delgada |
President Junta | André Filipe Machado Correia |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
Postal Zone | 9545 - 301 Remédios |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Demonym | Micalense |
Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora dos Remédios |
Parish Address | Rua Chã dos Remédios, 4 9545 - 301 Remédios |
Wikimedia Commons: Remédios (Ponta Delgada) | |
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
Remédios is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 997, its density is 178.03/km² and the area is 5.6 km². It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Mosteiros and Ribeira Grande. The mountains which are covered with lovely laurisilva trees are to the southwest while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the northeast. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate within the coastline while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Remédios. Remédios is accessed with a bus route linking to Ponta Delgada.
Remédios has a school, a church, and a square (praça).