Sao Roque do Pico

Sao Roque do Pico
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Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Sao Roque do Pico
Coordinates :	38 ° 32 ′  N , 28 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 32 ′  N , 28 ° 19 ′  W
Residents:	1316 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	42.23 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Sao Roque do Pico district
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Residents:	3388 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	142.35 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	5
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Sao Roque do Pico Alameda 10 de Novembro de 1542 9940-353 Sao Roque do Pico
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Luís Filipe Ramos Macedo da Silva
Website:	www.municipiosrp.pt

São Roque do Pico (  [ sɐ̃w ˈʁɔk (ɨ) ðu ˈpiku ] ) is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) on the Azores island of Pico , Portugal . São Roque do Pico has 3388 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) on 142.4 km².

São Roque do Pico (partial view), in the background the Pico

history

After the slow settlement of the island of Pico from 1460 onwards, the Flemish Josse Van Huerter received permission from 1466 to establish settlements here. The Lajes do Pico district was created in 1501 and included the entire island. In 1542, the district of São Roque do Pico was rebuilt by splitting off and reorganizing the municipalities of the previous district. In 1732, another circle was created, Madalena , through the same procedure and by separating the two previous circles.

In 2004 UNESCO named the wine-growing culture of the island of Pico, which is traditionally also practiced in the São Roque do Pico district, a world heritage site .

Copy of the deed of incorporation of the São Roque do Pico district and its appointment as a vila

administration

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São Roque do Pico is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). The two other districts of the island are Lajes do Pico in the south and Madalena in the west. The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the district:

Sao Roque do Pico district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Prainha	547	26.10	21st	460301
Santa Luzia	422	30.13	14th	460302
Santo Amaro	288	11.86	24	460303
Santo António	815	32.03	25th	460304
Sao Roque do Pico	1,316	42.23	31	460305
Sao Roque do Pico district	3,388	142.35	24	4603

Population development

Population in the São Roque do Pico County 1849–2011
year	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
Residents	7618	6314	5112	5292	3678	3675	3629	3705	3388

Municipal holiday

• August 16

sons and daughters of the town

• Roque Francisco Furtado de Melo (1805–1892), brigadier general and politician, father-in-law of the first Republican President of Portugal, Manuel José de Arriaga
• Manuel de Azevedo Gomes (1847–1907), naval officer, officer in the American Civil War , son-in-law of the opera singer and Portuguese royal wife Elise Friederike Hensler
• Fernando Machado Soares (1930–2014), lawyer and fadista , one of the innovators of Fado de Coimbra
• Duarte Freitas (* 1966), politician, MEP from 2004 to 2009

Web links

Commons : São Roque do Pico  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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
3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on August 26, 2013
5. ↑ History page of the Lajes do Pico County website , accessed on August 26, 2013
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on August 28, 2013