Sao Mateus (Madalena)

Sao Mateus
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Madalena
Coordinates :	38 ° 26 ′ N , 28 ° 28 ′ W Coordinates: 38 ° 26 ′ N , 28 ° 28 ′ W
Residents:	772 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	9950-532
politics
Mayor :	Paulo Luis Goulart Machado ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de São Mateus ; Rua Dom Arquimínio Rodrigues Costa (ER 1-2), 29 ; 9950-532 São Mateus

São Mateus is a Portuguese community ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Madalena , on the Azores island of Pico . 772 inhabitants live in the municipality (as of June 30, 2011).

The parish church Igreja de São Mateus

history

São Mateus was founded in 1482, making it the third oldest town on Pico Island. The whaling and the processing was until the cessation of whaling in 1984 an important economic activity in the community.

The lighthouse Farol da Ponta de São Mateus , in the background the Pico

administration

São Mateus is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following localities are in the municipality:

Areeiro
Bagaço
Canada Nova
Ginjeira
Grotas
Grotas de Cima
Mata
Paço
Ponta da Calheta
Porto Novo
Porto de Sao Mateus
Pontinha
Relvas

Sons and daughters of the church

Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (1924-2016), Former Bishop of Macau

Web links

Commons : São Mateus - collection of images, videos and audio files

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
↑ Community website ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2013 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. , accessed on August 28, 2013 @1@ 2

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_460206-1] 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

[3] Community website ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2013 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. , accessed on August 28, 2013 @1@ 2