Água de Pena

Água de Pena
coat of arms map
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Madeira
Concelho :	Machico
Coordinates :	32 ° 42 ′  N , 16 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 42 ′  N , 16 ° 47 ′  W
Residents:	2434 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	5.15 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	473 inhabitants per km²
Height:	0  m
Postal code :	9200-224
politics
Mayor :	Avelino Perestrelo da Conceição ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Água de Pena Estrada Regional 237 nº 5, Igreja 9200-224 Água de Pena

Água de Pena is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Machico , in the northeast of the Portuguese island of Madeira . On June 30, 2011, Água de Pena had 2434 inhabitants in an area of ​​5.1 km².

View of Água de Pena, from the plane

history

Zarco , the newcomers to the island of Madeira, landed in 1419 in Machico. The settlement of the area followed. In 1560 Água de Pena became its own municipality.

In connection with the expansion of Madeira Airport , which opened in 2000 , its runway was extended into the municipality.

Part of the Madeira Airport runway in the municipality of Água de Pena

administration

The municipality ( Freguesia ) Água de Pena consists of the following localities ( Sítios ) and new housing developments ( Bairros ):

• Bemposta
• Igreja (town hall)
• Lombo
• Queimada
• Bairro da Bemposta
• Bairro dos Pescadores

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. ↑ History page on the website of the community ( Memento from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 29, 2013