Remédios

Also known as Remedios

Remédios is a civil parish situated in along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 931, in an area of .

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type: parish
Portuguese subdivision.name: Remédios
Portuguese subdivision.region: Azores
Portuguese subdivision.island: São Miguel
Portuguese subdivision.municipality: Ponta Delgada
Portuguese subdivision.image_map: Locator map AZO SMG PDL Remedios.svg
Portuguese subdivision.map_caption: The location of the civil parish of Remédios in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2: 5.59
Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m: 174
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of: 2011
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 931
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code: 9545 - 301
Portuguese subdivision.area_code: 292
Portuguese subdivision.patron: Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
Portuguese subdivision.website: <!--
Portuguese subdivision.footnotes: Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) -->

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: freguesia of Portugal
Country: Portugal
Located in: Ponta Delgada
Population: 809
Area: 5.56
Image: Remédios da Bretanha - panoramio (6).jpg
Dialing code: 292
Patron saint: Mary

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Commons category: Remedios (Ponta Delgada)
postal code: 9545 - 301

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Remédios is a civil parish situated in along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 931, in an area of .

==History== thumb|200px|left|The front facade of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios The parochial church was built in 1958 by order of D. Manuel Afonso de Carvalho, bishop of Angra.

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