Vila de São Sebastião

Vila de São Sebastião
The Achada Plain, the remnants of the Guilherme Moniz crater within the parish of São Sebastião
Vila de São Sebastião
Location in the Azores
Vila de São Sebastião
Vila de São Sebastião (Terceira)
Coordinates: 38°39′56″N 27°5′28″W / 38.66556°N 27.09111°W / 38.66556; -27.09111
Country Portugal
Auton. regionAzores
IslandTerceira
MunicipalityAngra do Heroísmo
EstablishedSettlement: fl. 1500
Town: 23 March 1503
Civil parish: 24 October 1855
Area
  Total
23.93 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Elevation
149 m (489 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
2,096
  Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−01:00 (AZOT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+00:00 (AZOST)
Postal code
9700-613
Area code295
PatronSão Sebastião

Vila de São Sebastião, commonly shortened to São Sebastião (Portuguese for Saint Sebastian), is a civil parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,096, in an area of 23.93 square kilometres (9.24 sq mi). It is in the southeastern part of the island of Terceira. It contains the localities Arrabalde, Boavista, Cavalas, Canada da Salga, Contendas, Cruz, Maria Vieira, Ribeira Seca de Cima, Ribeira Seca de Baixo, Salgueiros and Vila de São Sebastião.