Remédios

Remédios
Civil Parish (Freguesia)
Official name: Freguesia de Remédios
Name origin: remédios Portuguese for remedies
Country  Portugal
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.

Geography

Remédios has a school, a church, and a square (praça).