Ribeira das Tainhas
Ribeira das Tainhas | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
Concelho : | Vila Franca do Campo | |||||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 43 ′ N , 25 ° 24 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 703 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 9.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 73 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 9680-519 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Henrique Humberto Ferreira Resendes ( PS ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Ribeira das Tainhas Rua Padre Furtado Couto 9680-519 Ribeira das Tainhas |
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Website: | www.jfribeiradastainhas.com |
Ribeira das Tainhas is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila Franca do Campo on the Portuguese Atlantic island of São Miguel , which belongs to the Azores . 703 people (as of June 30, 2011) live in the municipality on an area of 9.6 km², which corresponds to a population density of 73.3 inhabitants / km².
history
The previously uninhabited island of São Miguel was settled by the Portuguese from 1439 . Ribeira das Tainhas probably originated much later. The parish church was built from 1811 . Ribeira das Tainhas remained part of the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo until it was spun off in 1980 and became an independent municipality in the district of Vila Franca do Campo.
Web links
Commons : Ribeira das Tainhas (Vila Franca do Campo) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 1, 2013
- ^ History page of the parish website , accessed September 1, 2013