Furnas
Sign in to saveFurnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439, in an area of 34.43 km2. The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and southeast of Ribeira Grande.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Furnas
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Vale das Furnas, Povoação, ilha de São Miguel, Açores.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The Furnas Valley and town
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Povoação
- Portuguese subdivision.established_date
- 1522
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 34.43
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 207
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 1439
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9675-012
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 296
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Saint Anne of Furnas Valley
- Mountain.name
- Furnas
- Mountain.other_name
- Vale das Furnas
- Mountain.photo
- Furnas, São Miguel - Açores.jpg
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Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439, in an area of 34.43 km2. The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and southeast of Ribeira Grande.
==History== One of the earliest references to Furnas came from the harvesting of trees in the valley of Furnas, in order to assist the construction of many of the homes destroyed by the 1522 earthquakes and landslides in Vila Franca do Campo. This includes numerous trees used to rebuild the parochial church, a project begun by Donatary-Captain Rui Gonçalves da Câmara. In 1553, his predecessor Manuel da Câmara, issued an edict to re-plant these trees after the area was nearly deforested, and roadways were expanded under his son, Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, in order to develop the area, allowing cattle herding in the valley after 1577.