Lagoa (Azores)

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Lagoa
coat of arms map
Lagoa Coat of Arms
Lagoa (Azores)
Lagoa
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Lagoa
Coordinates : 37 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 35 ′  W
Residents: 14,442 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 45.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 317 inhabitants per km²
Lagoa district
flag map
Flag of Lagoa Position of the district of Lagoa
Residents: 14,442 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 45.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 317 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 5
administration
Website: lagoa-acores.pt

Lagoa is a small town on the Azores belonging island of São Miguel and has about 9000 inhabitants.

administration

Lagoa is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The following five municipalities belong to the Lagoa district:

Lagoa district
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Água de Pau 3,058 17.46 175 420101
Cabouco 1.921 4.85 396 420102
Nossa Senhora do Rosario 5,396 6.52 827 420103
Ribeira Chã 396 2.50 159 420105
Santa Cruz 3,671 14.27 257 420104
Lagoa district 14,442 45.60 317 4201

Neighboring areas

Ribeira Grande
Ponta Delgada Neighboring communities Vila Franca do Campo
Atlantic Ocean

Attractions

The attraction of the place is a bathing complex, which consists of a combined natural and artificial swimming pool. Directly opposite is the fishing port of Porto dos Carneiros , which used to be the most important fishing port on the island.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu