Achadinha
| Achadinha | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
| Concelho : | Northeast | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 51 ′ N , 25 ° 17 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 535 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 12.41 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 43 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 9630 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Paulo Manuel Medeiros Franco | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Achadinha Rua do Vigário, 28 9630 Achadinha |
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Achadinha is a Portuguese municipality ( Freguesia ) in the Nordeste district . It has 535 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
History and sights
The settlement of the island of São Miguel took place from 1436 by Portuguese settlers. The place Achadinha was founded in the course of the further development of the island. In 1526 its residents built their first church. After several renovations, most recently in 1782, the church was last extensively restored in 1984.
The eponymous river Ribeira dos Caldeirões flows through the Parque dos Caldeirões . In the park you can see some restored watermills, mostly from the 16th century. Gastronomy, a visitor center with a permanent exhibition on the mills and a shop are located there. A miller does his traditional daily work in one of the mills.
The Museum Núcleo Museológico da Achada , opened in 2006, deals with the history of the municipality.
economy
The community is dominated by agriculture. Potatoes and corn are the most important crops, and livestock is important. The corn is used in particular as feed for cattle breeding.
The municipality is traditionally characterized by high levels of emigration.
Sons and daughters of the church
- João de Melo (* 1949), writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ Freguesias »Achada ( Memento from December 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on the district administration's website, accessed on December 10, 2013
