Cedros (Horta)
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Basic data | ||||||
Autonomous Region : | Azores | |||||
Concelho : | Horta | |||||
Coordinates : | 38 ° 38 ′ N , 28 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 907 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 24.54 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 37 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 9900-341 Cedros | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Vítor Manuel Moitoso Vargas ( PPD / PSD - CDS / PP coalition) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Cedros Edificio Polivalente (Praça) 9900-341 Cedros Cedros |
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Website: | www.cedros-faial.com |
Cedros is a town and municipality on the Azores island of Faial . The well-known Miradouro da Ribeira Funda viewpoint is located in the municipality.
The place name is derived from the Portuguese name for the juniper that is widespread here .
history
In the center of Cedros, called Praça , stands the parish church Igreja de Santa Bárbara with a Manueline portal, which was first mentioned in 1594 and whose nave fell victim to a fire in 1971. Reconstruction was completed in 1977, and the church was renovated after being damaged by the 1998 earthquake.
administration
Cedros is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Horta . It has 907 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following places and districts are in the municipality:
- Canada de Sousa
- Rua de Cima
- Praça
- Miragaia
- Cascalho
- Ribeira Funda
Web links
- Cedros Municipal Council website
- Website for the community of Cedros at the district administration of Horta
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
- ↑ a b Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 202. Paris 2014
- ^ Wilhelm Voss-Gerling: Madeira, Azoren , p. 62. Munich 1972