São Bento | |
Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
Official name: Freguesia de São Bento | |
Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Benedict | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Group | Central |
Island | Terceira |
Municipality | Angra do Heroísmo |
Localities | Caboucos, Canada da Fontinha, Canada do Vale, Carreirinha, Escopins, São Luís, Vale de Linhares |
Center | São Bento |
- elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Highest point | Terrerinhos |
- location | Serra do Morião, São Bento, Angra do Heroísmo |
- elevation | 621.34 m (2,039 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Length | 2.71 km (2 mi), West-East |
Width | 6.03 km (4 mi), North-South |
Area | 10.34 km2 (4 sq mi) |
- land | 9.31 km2 (4 sq mi) |
- urban | 1.03 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 1,968 (2001) |
Settlement | fl. 1500 |
- Parish | c. 1572 |
LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua do Arco, São Bento, Angra do Heroísmo |
- elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
- coordinates | |
President Junta | Luís Salvador |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
Postal Zone | 9700-213 São Bento |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Demonym | Terceirense |
Patron Saint | São Bento |
Parish Address | Rua do Arco 242 9700-213 São Bento |
Wikimedia Commons: São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo) | |
Website: http://www.jfsaobento.com/ | |
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
São Bento is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 1968; its density was 190.33/km²; and the area is 10.34 km². The parish lies at an elevation of 65 metres above sea level.