Norte Pequeno
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Norte Pequeno is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta
in the Portuguese
Azores
, located on the northern coast of the island of São Jorge. The population in 2001 was 261, its density is 22.5/km² and the area is 11.59 km².
. This chapel became the base for the current parochial Church of São Lázaro, which grew and was emancipated from the church in Calheta around 1758. The original church was destroyed in the 1757 earthquake, which was responsible for the destruction and deaths in most of the eastern part of the island. The current church was constructed through the initiative of Father Nicolau António and completed by José d’Avellar de Mello in 1761.
. Location of a natural spring, Fajã da Penedia, is one of the less-visited settlements on the island but one of the more historically natural; it has a small chapel constructed in 1890, several small cottages and a recently remodeled communitarian stove, but the fajã has no electricity and telephones. Similar to some of the other fajãs in the north, this area is recognized for generally-unspoiled nature and coastal lakes with shrimp and clam beds.
Although a small population, it is still a nucleus of the educational system (having a primary school), as well as many of its own independent infrastructures, including Casa do Povo, Salão Paroquial, Corpo Nacional de Escuteiros (Agrupamento No.223) and a modern factory branch of the Cooperativa Agrícola, where they manufacture cheese. The community is also known for Filarmónica Recreio de São Lázaro (formed in 1981), one of the many philharmonic bands in the region.
Calheta (Azores)
Calheta is a municipality on the island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality includes the eastern portion of the island of São Jorge and borders the municipality of Velas; Calheta has a population of 3,972 inhabitants and an area of...
in the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
, located on the northern coast of the island of São Jorge. The population in 2001 was 261, its density is 22.5/km² and the area is 11.59 km².
History
This settlement was originally formed by peoples from the village of Calheta, around 1690; this is conjecture, based on the construction of the village chapel, which was built to evoke São LázaroLazarus of Bethany
Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death...
. This chapel became the base for the current parochial Church of São Lázaro, which grew and was emancipated from the church in Calheta around 1758. The original church was destroyed in the 1757 earthquake, which was responsible for the destruction and deaths in most of the eastern part of the island. The current church was constructed through the initiative of Father Nicolau António and completed by José d’Avellar de Mello in 1761.
Geography
Norte Pequeno, straddles both the central plain and coastal area, which is dotted with fajãs (coastal debris fields) that include: Fajã da Penedia, Fajã das Pontas, Fajã do Mero and Fajã da Neca, which are accessible by foot or pack-animal from the neighboring Fajã dos Cubres, Ribeira SecaRibeira Seca (Calheta)
Ribeira Seca is a parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese Azores. In 2001, the population hovered around 1105, within an administrative area of 53.77 km² ....
. Location of a natural spring, Fajã da Penedia, is one of the less-visited settlements on the island but one of the more historically natural; it has a small chapel constructed in 1890, several small cottages and a recently remodeled communitarian stove, but the fajã has no electricity and telephones. Similar to some of the other fajãs in the north, this area is recognized for generally-unspoiled nature and coastal lakes with shrimp and clam beds.
Although a small population, it is still a nucleus of the educational system (having a primary school), as well as many of its own independent infrastructures, including Casa do Povo, Salão Paroquial, Corpo Nacional de Escuteiros (Agrupamento No.223) and a modern factory branch of the Cooperativa Agrícola, where they manufacture cheese. The community is also known for Filarmónica Recreio de São Lázaro (formed in 1981), one of the many philharmonic bands in the region.