São Brás (Praia da Vitória)
São Brás | |
Civil Parish | |
Official name: Freguesia de São Brás | |
Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Blaise | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Island | Terceira |
Municipality | Praia da Vitória |
Localities | Baldio, Canada da Quinta, Canada das Covas, Cruz, Fundões, Ladeira do Cardosa, Lourais, Quatro Canadas, São Brás |
Center | São Brás |
- elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°WCoordinates: 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°W |
Highest point | Terreiro da Marcela |
- elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°44′52″N 27°18′42″W / 38.74778°N 27.31167°W |
Lowest point | Lourais |
- elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°46′20″N 27°7′17″W / 38.77222°N 27.12139°W |
Area | 4.68 km2 (2 sq mi) |
- urban | .82 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 1,088 (2011) |
Density | 232/km2 (601/sq mi) |
Settlement | fl. 1480 |
- Parish | fl. 1500 |
- Civil Parish | 17 February 1951 |
LAU | Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua Padre Alfredo Alves Lucas, Estrada Regional E.R.5-2 |
- coordinates | 38°45′50″N 27°8′0″W / 38.76389°N 27.13333°W |
President Junta | Nuno Miguel Aguiar Meneses (PS) |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
Postal Zone | 9760-664 |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX XXX |
Location of the parish seat of São Brás on the island of Terceira | |
Wikimedia Commons: São Brás (Praia da Vitória) | |
Website: http://www.jfsaobras.com/ | |
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
São Brás (Portuguese: Saint Blaise) is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,088,[1] in an area of 4.68 km².[2]
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