Rabo de Peixe

Rabo de Peixe
coat of arms map
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Ribeira Grande
Coordinates :	37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 35 ′  W
Residents:	8866 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	16.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	523 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9600-124
politics
Mayor :	Maria do Céu Gonçalves Estrela ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Rabo de Peixe Rua do Rosário, 29 9600-124 Rabo de Peixe
Website:	jf-rabodepeixe.pt

Rabo de Peixe (German: fish tail) is a Portuguese community ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Ribeira Grande on the Azores island of São Miguel . It has a population of 8,866 (as of June 30, 2011).

Partial view of the port of Rabo de Peixe

history

The island of São Miguel was occupied by the Portuguese crown in 1439 . Rabo de Peixe was probably first permanently inhabited by Flemings and Moors from 1490 . After the first settlers lived mainly from grazing livestock, fishing quickly became an important economic factor. Various legends are circulating about the origin of the curious place name, but it is likely that the shape of the headland jutting out into the sea was the starting point.

In 2004 Rabo de Peixe was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).

The old control tower of Santana Airport

Culture and sights

In addition to various religious buildings are in the municipality and the 1712 built mansion Solar de São Sebastião and the club house of the musical association Sociedade Filarmónica Progresso do Norte to the monuments .

The historical center of Rabo de Peixe is also a listed building as a whole.

The Observatório Astronómico de Santana, Açores (OASA), a planetarium, is located in the village of Santana . Santana is also home to an airport that served the Allies during World War II and became the island's first civilian airport in 1946. After the opening of Ponta Delgada Airport in 1969, the airport was taken out of service.

administration

Rabo de Peixe is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). There are two places in the municipality:

• Rabo de Peixe
• Santana

Web links

Commons : Rabo de Peixe (Ribeira Grande)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

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. ↑ History page of the parish website ( memento of the original from September 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 1, 2013 
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 1, 2013
5. ^ Church history on the district website , accessed September 1, 2013
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 1, 2013
7. ↑ ditto
8. ↑ ditto