São Pedro (Angra do Heroísmo)

São Pedro
Civil Parish
The built-up corner of São Pedro, as seen from Monte Brasil
Official name: Freguesia de São Pedro
Named for: Peter the Apostle
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island Terceira
Municipality Angra do Heroísmo
Localities Cais da Silveira, Pico do Urze, Nossa Senhora da Penha de França, São Carlos, São Pedro, Vila Maria
Center São Pedro
 - elevation 28 m (92 ft)
 - coordinates 38°39′27″N 27°13′50″W / 38.65750°N 27.23056°WCoordinates: 38°39′27″N 27°13′50″W / 38.65750°N 27.23056°W
Highest point Pico da Urze
 - elevation 142 m (466 ft)
 - coordinates 38°40′13″N 27°14′22″W / 38.67028°N 27.23944°W
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Area 3.66 km2 (1 sq mi)
 - urban 1.77 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population 3,460 (2011)
Density 945 / km2 (2,448 / sq mi)
Settlement fl. 1500
 - Parish c. 1572
 - Civil Parish 20 May 1575
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Rua de Baixo
President Junta Manuel Henrique Assis Ferreira (PS)
President Assembleia Pedro Gonçalo Soares da Costa (PS)
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9700-025
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XX XX XX
Patron Saint São Pedro
Location of the civil parish of São Pedro in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo
Wikimedia Commons: São Pedro (Angra do Heroísmo)
Website: http://www.jfsaopedro.pt/
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)

São Pedro (Portuguese for Saint Peter) is one of the five urban civil parishes of the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,460,[2] in an area of 3.66 square kilometres (1.41 sq mi).[3][4] The parish has a median elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).

History

The first notice identifying the parish of São Pedro appeared in the first half of the 15th century, when it was then a convalescent retreat of Sé.[5] In the testament of Pero Anes do Canto, dated 1543, when the nobleman indicated his interest in being buried in one of the hermitages of the parish.[5]

In the A Fénix the church dedicated to the apostle Saint Peter was the third ecumenical parish of Angra: created in 1572 by Bishop Gaspar de Faria, who was the main benefactor, in addition to locals of the barrio.[5] This included the area from the large water tank (chafariz das covas) until the gates of the old city., along with portions of São Mateus, Fonte Faneca and Terra-Chã (which in total amounted to 300 homes).[5]

São Pedro was elevated to the status was confirmed by regal authority on 20 May 1575 (by then King John III.[5]

Geography

The parish constitutes the western part of the urbanized zone and city of Angra do Heroísmo[6] and includes both the historic, as well as suburban, areas (such as São Carlos, Pico da Urze and Bicas de Cabo Verde) of the city.[5] Bairro de São Pedro is included in the zone classified as public interest in the city of Angra,[7] although it does not include lands classified by UNESCO as World Heritage. The territory between the Portões de São Pedro and Silveira, along with rest of the parish situated to the interior of the express-way (Portuguese: Via Circular), is included in the area designated as public interest.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, retrieved 1 July 2011
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ↑ Eurostat
  4. ↑ Víctor H Forjaz (2004). Atlas básico dos Açores. ISBN 978-972-97466-4-2.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Junta Freguesia, ed. (2009), História (in Portuguese), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal: Junta Freguesia de São Pedro/Via Oceânica, retrieved 21 December 2012
  6. ↑ As confirmed by Decree-Law 45 854, 5 August 1964, which defines the legal limits of the city of Angra do Heroísmo.
  7. ↑ The zone classified is delimited by Regional Legislative Decree-Law 15/2004/A, 6 April 2004, which fixes the protection regime of cultural heritage of the zone of Angra do Heroísmo.
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