Bandeiras (Madalena)

Bandeiras is a parish in the district of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 520, its density is 20.1/km² and the area is 25.92 km². It is the least populated parish in Madalena.

Information

The parish is located in the eastern part of the municipality and is linked with a road encircling the entire island. The area are hilly and mountainous in the south. Farmlands are within the parish as well as the road. Forests dominates the mountain areas. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the north. The municipality of São Roque do Pico is bounded to the east and Mount Pico is to the south. A road linking with the central part of the island is to the south.

The municipality is around 5 km long from north to south and varies up to as long as 1.5 km wide from east to west.

Other

Bandeiras has a school, a few churches, a port and a square. Its nearest middle and secondary schools are in Madalena.

External links

* [http://www.azoren-online.com/pico/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/bandeiras/index.shtml Santo Amaro on azoren-online.com] - (in German)

ee also

*Banderas (not related to this parish)