São Vicente Ferreira is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,2 ...
in the
Portuguese archipelago of
Azores
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. The population in 2011 was 2,361, in an area of 11.42 km².
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Geography
São Vicente Ferreira is located along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, between the parishes of Calhetas
Calhetas is a '' freguesia'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 988, in an area of 4.70 km².Capelas
Capelas (; Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''chapels'') is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish along the northern coast of the Concelho, municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel Island, São Miguel in the Portugal, Portugues ...
(in the west). To the north is the Atlantic Ocean
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, and most of the settlement is concentrated along the main Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway that connects these parishes dominated by farmlands, while to the interior forests and scrub dominate the elevated hills. This roadway follows a straight line from the coastal cliffs, one of the few straight links on the island. From Ponta Delgada an ancillary roadway (the E.R.4-1ª) bisects the parish before extending to the west, and reaching the frontier with Capelas, where it follows the border to the coast.
Much of the settlement of São Vicente Ferreira is located in the interior of the parish, marked by a near triangular confluence of roadways. This area is delineated by one axis, beginning with the E.R.4-1ª (''Rua da Cidade'') and ''Rua dos Poços'' (in the west); and the ''Rua da Arrenquinha'', ''Rua do Outeiro'', ''Rua da Igreja'' and ''Rua da Beira Mar'' (in the east).
References
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Parishes of Ponta Delgada