Água de Pau

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Água de Pau
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Água de Pau
Água de Pau (Azores)
Água de Pau
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Lagoa
Coordinates : 37 ° 43 ′  N , 25 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 43 ′  N , 25 ° 31 ′  W
Residents: 3058 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 17.46 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 175 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 9560-217
politics
Mayor : José Fernando Medeiros Costa ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Água de Pau
Largo de Santiago, 27
9560-217 Água de Pau
Website: www.viladeaguadepau.com
View of the center of Água de Pau

Água de Pau is a small Portuguese town ( Vila ) and municipality on the Azores island of São Miguel .

history

The name probably goes back to the first settlers in the 15th century AD, who saw a watercourse ( água = water) flowing from a wetland ( paul = moor) into the sea. The place was raised in 1515 by King D. Manuel I to Vila . It remained the seat of its own circle until the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 . As a result, the Água de Pau district was dissolved in 1853 and has been a municipality of the Lagoa district ever since.

In 1966, the municipality of Ribeira Chã was created by hiving off from the municipality of Água de Pau.

Population development in the municipality of Água de Pau (1864–2011)

administration

Água de Pau is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Lagoa (Azores). It has 3,058 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

In addition to the main town of the same name, the seaside villa settlement Caloura belongs to the municipality.

Attractions

Aerial view from the coast

Among the numerous sacred buildings is the Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo chapel , which was built in 1931 above the town center.

You can also see various fortifications, especially from the 18th century. There are also a few small museums to visit, including the Museu da Adega Regional, a regional wine-growing museum.

In the residential area of ​​Caloura there is a fishing port and the church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a now abandoned nunnery.

The Church de Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo

Web links

Commons : Água de Pau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ Page on the history of the municipality of Água de Pau on the website of the municipality of Lagoa, accessed on February 8, 2016