Cedros (Horta)

Cedros
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Horta
Coordinates :	38 ° 38 ′ N , 28 ° 42 ′ W 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
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.

Fie parish church of Cedros, the Igreja de Santa Bárbara

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

Population development in the municipality of Cedros (1864 to 2011)

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

Commons : Cedros - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_470103-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[Szeremeta-3] Stéphan Szeremeta: Açores , p. 202. Paris 2014

[4] Wilhelm Voss-Gerling: Madeira, Azoren , p. 62. Munich 1972