Vila Franca do Campo
Vila Franca do Campo | |
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The town of Vila Franca do Campo, with its emblematic volcanic islet, the Ilhéu de Vila Franca | |
Location of the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the archipelago of the Azores | |
| Coordinates: 37°43′00″N 25°26′0″W / 37.71667°N 25.43333°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Auton. region | Azores |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Established | Settlement: 15th Century Municipality: 1472 |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Government | |
| • President | Ricardo Manuel de Amaral Rodrigues |
| Area | |
• Total | 77.97 km2 (30.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 10 323 |
| Time zone | UTC−01:00 (AZOT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+00:00 (AZOST) |
| Postal code | 9680-115 |
| Area code | 296 |
| Patron | São João |
| Local holiday | 24 June |
| Website | http://www.cmvfc.pt |
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Vila Franca do Campo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈfɾɐ̃kɐ ðu ˈkɐ̃pu] ⓘ) is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It covers an area of 78.00 km² and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants (2021). The municipality is divided into 6 parishes and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ribeira Grande, to the east by Povoação, to the west by Lagoa, and to the south it has a coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.
The town is located at a latitude of 37.71667 (37°41') North and a longitude of 25.433 (25°26') West. In front of Vila Franca do Campo, approximately 1,200 metres from the Tagarete port, lies the Ilhéu de Vila Franca (Vila Franca Islet), a coastal tuff cone strongly lithified, which contains within it an almost perfectly circular flooded caldera.
Since 1993, the Ilhéu de Vila Franca has been a natural reserve and remains an important summer destination.