Achadas da Cruz

Achadas da Cruz
Parish church and cemetery of Achadas da Cruz
Achadas da Cruz
Location in Madeira
Coordinates: 32°50′28″N 17°12′36″W / 32.84111°N 17.21000°W / 32.84111; -17.21000
Country Portugal
Auton. regionMadeira
IslandMadeira
MunicipalityPorto Moniz
Area
 • Total
7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation
705 m (2,313 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
159
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
9270-013
Area code291
PatronNossa 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 were born in the parish between 2001 and 2009.[3]

Society

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