Caveira
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
| Concelho : | Santa Cruz das Flores | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 26 ′ N , 31 ° 9 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 77 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 3.28 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 9970-010 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Maurício Andrade Pedro ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Caveira Estrada Regional 9970-010 Caveira |
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Caveira is a freguesia (municipality) on the Portuguese Azores island of Flores . It belongs to the Santa Cruz das Flores district and has 77 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
A number of legends circulate around the origin of the place name Caveira ( Portuguese for skull).
history
The island of Flores was settled around 1500. The Caveira community was founded much later. The first church was built here in 1767, and Caveira became an independent parish in 1823.
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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 1, 2013
Freguesias in the Concelho Santa Cruz das Flores