São Mateus (Madalena)

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank São Mateus is a parish ( freguesia ) at the Portuguese circuit ( concelho ) of Madalena on Pico Island in the Azores. In the municipality of 767 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).

History

São Mateus was founded in 1482 and is the third oldest town on the island of Pico. The whaling and the processing was until the cessation of whaling in 1984 an important economic activity in the community.

Management

São Mateus is the seat of an eponymous municipality ( Freguesia ). The following villages are in the community:

  • Areeiro
  • Bagaço
  • Canada Nova
  • Ginjeira
  • Grotas
  • Grotas de Cima
  • Mata
  • Paço
  • Ponta da Calheta
  • Porto Novo
  • Porto de São Mateus
  • Pontinha
  • Relvas
Madalena (Azores) Postal codes in Portugal Socialist Party (Portugal) Freguesia (Portugal)
708890
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