São Brás (Praia da Vitória)

São Brás
Civil Parish
Official name: Freguesia de São Brás
Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Blaise
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island Terceira
Municipality Praia da Vitória
Localities Baldio, Canada da Quinta, Canada das Covas, Cruz, Fundões, Ladeira do Cardosa, Lourais, Quatro Canadas, São Brás
Center São Brás
 - elevation 114 m (374 ft)
 - coordinates 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°WCoordinates: 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°W
Highest point Terreiro da Marcela
 - elevation 215 m (705 ft)
 - coordinates 38°44′52″N 27°18′42″W / 38.74778°N 27.31167°W
Lowest point Lourais
 - elevation 67 m (220 ft)
 - coordinates 38°46′20″N 27°7′17″W / 38.77222°N 27.12139°W
Area 4.68 km2 (2 sq mi)
 - urban .82 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 1,088 (2011)
Density 232 / km2 (601 / sq mi)
Settlement fl. 1480
 - Parish fl. 1500
 - Civil Parish 17 February 1951
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Rua Padre Alfredo Alves Lucas, Estrada Regional E.R.5-2
 - coordinates 38°45′50″N 27°8′0″W / 38.76389°N 27.13333°W
President Junta Nuno Miguel Aguiar Meneses (PS)
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9760-664
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX XXX
Location of the parish seat of São Brás on the island of Terceira
Wikimedia Commons: São Brás (Praia da Vitória)
Website: http://www.jfsaobras.com/
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

São Brás (Portuguese: Saint Blaise) is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,088,[1] in an area of 4.68 km².[2]

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