Praia do Norte

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Praia do Norte
coat of arms map
The coat of arms is still missing
Praia do Norte (Azores)
Praia do Norte
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Horta
Coordinates : 38 ° 36 ′  N , 28 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 36 ′  N , 28 ° 46 ′  W
Residents: 250 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 13.85 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 18 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : Estêvão Faria Gomes
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Praia do Norte
Largo da Igreja
9900-473 Praia do Norte
Website: www.freguesiapraiadonorte.com

Praia do Norte is a freguesia (municipality) on the Azores island of Faial in Portugal .

The municipality is located in the northwest of the island and consists of the main town at about 300 m altitude on the national road EN-1 that goes around the island and Fajã da Praia do Norte on a coastal plain directly by the sea. The place has a beach of dark lava sand.

The marked PRC2FAI Rocha da Fajã hiking trail leads around Praia do Norte (see also the list of hiking trails in Portugal # Azores ).

Praia do Norte is one of the 32 glyphosate-free municipalities in Portugal (as of March 2018).

history

The place mentioned in 1567 was completely destroyed in 1672 when the volcano Cabeço do Fogo erupted . Praia do Norte was also directly affected by the earthquakes that accompanied the formation of the Vulcão dos Capelinhos in 1957 and 1958. The village church Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Dores was rebuilt in 1960/1961 to replace the collapsed previous building.

On December 9, 2005, the container ship CP Valor ran aground off Praia do Norte. On the way from Montreal to Valencia , it had called the Baía da Praia do Norte (also Baía da Ribeira das Cabras ) to repair an engine failure while at anchor. When all attempts to get it afloat again failed, the ship had to be abandoned and scrapped on site. When the wreck was towed, it sank about 25 miles north of Faial in September 2006.

gallery

  • Monument to the Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Dores church, which was destroyed in 1672

  • Praia do Norte with today's church and the volcano Cabeço do Fogo

  • View of Fajã da Praia do Norte

  • The beach at Praia do Norte

administration

Population development in the municipality of Praia do Norte (1864–2011)

Praia do Norte is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Horta on the island of Faial , belonging to the autonomous region of the Azores . The municipality has an area of ​​13.9 km² and has 250 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The municipality is made up of three localities or districts:

  • Fajã
  • Praia do Norte de Baixo
  • Praia do Norte de Cima

Web links

Commons : Praia do Norte  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Rocha da Fajã - Faial PRC2FAI , directions, accessed on February 11, 2016 (English)
  4. ↑ Article in the members' newspaper of the environmental protection organization Quercus , issue No. 84 (March 2018), page 21
  5. ↑ Report on the investigation of the grounding of the vessel CP Valor in Baia da Praia do Norte, Faial, Azores on December 9, 2005 (PDF; 924 kB), Marine Accident Investigation Branch , Report No 22/2006, Southampton, August 2006, accessed on August 7, 2013
  6. ↑ CP Valor sunk in the sea off Faial , Azores News on September 22, 2006, accessed on August 7, 2013