Ribeirinha (Horta)

Ribeirinha
coat of arms map
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Horta
Coordinates :	38 ° 35 ′  N , 28 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′  N , 28 ° 37 ′  W
Residents:	427 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	12.26 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9900-491
politics
Mayor :	Paulo Jorge Mendonça Castelo ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Ribeirinha Rua da Igreja - Edificio Polivalente 9900-491 Ribeirinha
Website:	www.jf-ribeirinha.com

Ribeirinha is a town and municipality on Faial , an island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores .

The abandoned Ribeirinha lighthouse and the Miradouro da Ribeirinha viewpoint are in the municipality.

History and sights

Holy Spirit Chapel in Ribeirinha

The village emerged from the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. The Franciscan and historian Diogo das Chagas noted in 1643 a population of 254 in 71 households.

The Ribeirinha lighthouse was built in 1919. It was so badly damaged in the earthquake in July 1998 that it had to be abandoned.

The place was badly damaged in the earthquake in July 1998. The small fishing port of Porto da Boca da Ribeira with a small seaman's chapel has been preserved. In the center of the village is the Holy Spirit chapel Império do Divino Espírito Santo da Ribeirinha , on the facade of which the year 1955 indicates the year of construction. The three-aisled parish church Igreja de São Mateus was consecrated in 1934 after the previous building, built in 1666, was destroyed in an earthquake in 1926. It too fell victim to the July 1998 earthquake, but long-term reconstruction is planned. The Igreja de São Antonio church in the Espalhafatos district, built in 1970, also destroyed in 1998, was rebuilt in 2006.

local community

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

Ribeirinha is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Horta . It has 427 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The municipality consists of two localities:

• Espalhafatos
• Ribeirinha

Web links

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

• Website of the Ribeirinha Municipal Council
• Website for the municipality of Ribeirinha at the Horta district administration
• Entry to Ribeirinha in the Mapas de Portugal

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. ↑ Susanne Lipps: Azoren , p. 114, Munich 2016
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.