Biscoitos

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Biscoitos
coat of arms map
Biscoitos coat of arms
Biscoitos (Azores)
Biscoitos
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Praia da Vitória
Coordinates : 38 ° 48 ′  N , 27 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 48 ′  N , 27 ° 15 ′  W
Residents: 1424 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 27.05 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 53 inhabitants per km²
politics
Website: freguesiabiscoitos.com
Map of the island of Terceira, marked in red with biscoitos

Biscoitos is a Portuguese municipality ( freguesia ) in the Praia da Vitória district on the Azores island of Terceira . It has an area of ​​27.1 km² and 1,424 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011), which corresponds to a population density of 52.64 inhabitants per km².

The name of the place is derived from the frequently occurring layer of lava , which has solidified like biscuits stacked on top of one another .

In the village are the wine museum Museu do Vinho dos Biscoitos and the remains of the fortification Forte de São Pedro from the 16th century.

gallery

  • View over the place

  • Natural swimming pool

  • Wine museum

  • Windmill

  • Forte de Sao Pedro

  • Beacon at the port of Porto dos Biscoitos

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

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