Cedros | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:FAI_HOR_Cedros.JPG) The main agglomeration in the parish, Praça, as seen from the Santa Bárbara belvedere | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Locator_map_AZO_HOR_Cedros.svg) Location of the civil parish of Cedros within the municipality of Horta | |
| Coordinates: 38°38′3″N 28°41′55″W / 38.63417°N 28.69861°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Auton. region | Azores |
| Island | Faial |
| Municipality | Horta |
| Established | Settlement: c. 1594 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.54 km2 (9.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 907 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−01:00 (AZOT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC±00:00 (AZOST) |
| Postal code | 9900-341 |
| Patron | Santa Bárbara |
| Website | http://www.cedros-faial.com |
Cedros is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the northern part of the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 907,[1] in an area of 24.5 square kilometres (264,000,000 sq ft).[2] The northernmost parish on the island, it is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Horta and is linked via the Estrada Regional E.R. 1-1ª roadway to the rest of the island. The tree-covered hills and pasture-lands cover the interior, and hedged farmlands extend to the Atlantic coastline cliffs, a natural plateau above the sea, that was settled by early Flemish and Spanish colonists in the late part of the 15th century. Primarily an agricultural community, the population is comparable in size to other parishes on the island, though this has decreased by half since the 1950s (when there were approximately 2000 inhabitants). Today, it remains an agricultural centre of the island of Faial, anchored by the Cooperativa Agrícola dos Lactícinios do Faial, one of the primary rural industries on the island, responsible for sales of milk, cheese and butter.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine