Achadas da Cruz

Civil parish in Porto Moniz
Civil parish in Madeira, Portugal
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32°50′28″N 17°12′36″W / 32.84111°N 17.21000°W / 32.84111; -17.21000Country PortugalAuton. regionMadeiraIslandMadeiraMunicipalityPorto MonizArea
 • Total7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)Elevation
705 m (2,313 ft)Population
 (2011)
 • Total159 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Postal code
9270-013
Area code291PatronNossa Senhora do Livramento

Achadas da Cruz is a civil parish in the municipality of Porto Moniz in the Portuguese island of Madeira.The population in 2011 was 159,[1] in an area of 7.88 km2.[2] It is situated on the north-western coast of the island. No children have been born in the parish between 2001 and 2009.[3]

The fields of Quebrada Nova, as seen from the cable car along the western coast of Achadas da Cruz

Society

Between 1835 And 1840 this parish has registered 18 marriages.[4] The first registered marriage in this parish was On the year of 1827.[5] From 1860 and 1911 this parish has witnessed 824 baptisms happening there.[6] In between 1910 and 1911, there were associated to this parish 14 deaths, 4 of which were from people who died at that time with an age above 18 years old.[7][8]

Architecture

  • Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Livramento

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ Eurostat Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Quase dez anos sem nascer uma criança: Sem alternativas de emprego os mais jovens deixam as Achadas da Cruz" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Diário de Noticias. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Pesquisa". abm.madeira.gov.pt. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  5. ^ "Pesquisa". abm.madeira.gov.pt. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  6. ^ "Pesquisa". abm.madeira.gov.pt. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  7. ^ "Livro de registo de óbitos das Achadas da Cruz do ano de 1910". arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  8. ^ "Livro de registo de óbitos das Achadas da Cruz do ano de 1911". arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-16.