Santo António da Serra (Machico)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Madeira | |||||
| Concelho : | Machico | |||||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 43 ′ N , 16 ° 49 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1617 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 8.62 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 188 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Height: | 0 m | |||||
| Postal code : | 9200-162 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | João Gabriel Correia ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Santo Antonio da Serra Ribeira de Machico 9200-162 Santo Antonio da Serra |
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| Website: | www.jfsantoantoniodaserra.ifreg.pt | |||||
Santo António da Serra is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Machico , in the northeast of the Portuguese island of Madeira . On June 30, 2011 the community had 1617 inhabitants on an area of 8.6 km².
The municipality is located with another part in the Santa Cruz district , where it forms an administrative additional municipality. It is also listed there as Santo António da Serra . As the only municipality in two districts, it is unique in the administrative structure of Portugal .
history
Zarco , the newcomers to the island of Madeira, landed in 1419 in Machico. This was followed by the settlement of the area, which ran slowly from the coast into the interior of the island. From the early 16th century onwards, settlers settled in what is now the municipality. In the 17th century Santo António da Serra became an independent municipality.
In 1836 the municipality of Água de Pena was dissolved and Santo António da Serra was incorporated. The parishes were separated again in 1848 , and in 1852 some localities Santo António da Serras and Machicos were assigned to the Santa Cruz district. This led to dissatisfaction among the residents, whereupon in 1862 the boundaries of the counties and communities of Machico and Santa Cruz , which are still valid today, were established. Since then, the area of the municipality of Santo António da Serra has been divided into two parts, divided into Machico and Santa Cruz.
The Scottish doctor Robert Kalley settled here in the 19th century . Mostly he treated the people of the community for free. In doing so, however, he tried to spread Protestantism . The population, then as now, was strongly attached to Catholicism , and so there were indictments. Some of Kalley's employees were then arrested and the doctor himself had to leave the island.
Culture, sports and sights
Santo António da Serra is internationally known for its golf course.
The chapel of Capela de Nossa Senhora do Bom Caminho (Eng .: Chapel of Our Lady of the Good Way) is a listed building.
administration
Santo António da Serra is a unique exception in the administrative structure of Portugal , as the municipality is in two districts. For this purpose, it is officially recorded separately and managed in two independent municipal areas, each differentiated by the addition of the district to the name.
The municipality of Santo António da Serra (Machico) includes the following localities in its independent area in the district of Machico:
- Margaça
- Ribeira de Machico
- Madeira da Igreja
- Palheiros
- Fajã dos Rolos
- Portela
- Lombo das Faias
- Fajã das Vacas
The second part of the municipality is also an independent administrative area called Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz) , in the Santa Cruz district. The following localities are located there:
- João Ferino
- Pereira
- Madre d´Água
- Curral Velho
- Ribeira de João Gonçalves
- Achada do Barro
- Fajã da Ovelha
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ^ History page of the parish website , accessed August 29, 2013
- ↑ www.madeira-az.com ( Memento from September 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 29, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on August 29, 2013
