Remédios
| Remédios | |
| Civil Parish | |
| Official name: Freguesia de Remédios | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for remedies | |
| Country |  Portugal |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Center | Remédios |
| - elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°53′9″N 25°44′10″W / 37.88583°N 25.73611°WCoordinates: 37°53′9″N 25°44′10″W / 37.88583°N 25.73611°W |
| Highest point | Pico da Cruz |
| - elevation | 796 m (2,612 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°50′59″N 25°45′37″W / 37.84972°N 25.76028°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | 5.59 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| - water | .00 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| - urban | .33 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 931 (2011) |
| Density | 167 / km2 (433 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua Chã dos Remédios |
| President Junta | André Filipe Machado Correia |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| Postal Zone | 9545 - 301 |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora dos Remédios |
 The location of the civil parish of Remédios in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
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| Wikimedia Commons: Remedios (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística[1] | |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
Remédios is a civil parish situated in along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 931,[3] in an area of 5.59 square kilometres (2.16 sq mi).[4]
History
The front facade of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
The parochial church was built in 1958 by order of D. Manuel Afonso de Carvalho, bishop of Angra.[5]
The parish was elevated to the status of civil parish two years later, in 1960, when it was de-annexed from the territory of Bretanha.[5]
Geography
It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel, and includes the flanks of the Sete Cidades Massif, covered in laurisilva and endemic plant species to the coastal cliffs.[5]
References
- Notes
- ↑ INE, ed. (2010), Censos 2011 - Resultadas Preliminares [2011 Census - Preliminary Results] (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, retrieved 1 January 2012
- ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, retrieved 1 July 2011
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Eurostat
- 1 2 3 DRAC (2010), p.34
- Sources
- DRAC, ed. (2010). Festas das ilhas de São Miguel e Santa Maria 2010 [Festivals of the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria 2010] (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Azores: Direcção Regional das Comunidades. p. 16.
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