Article Nº 3777 Locality (sítio) Ribeira Brava Vol. III · p. 705

Vila (Ribeira Brava)

Original title: Vila

Locality (sítio)

Locality in Ribeira Brava parish, formerly called Lugar, renamed Vila when it became the seat of the municipality.

An inhabited locality (sítio) of the parish (freguesia) of Ribeira Brava (‘wild river’), which was known, and still is, by the name of Lugar (‘place’). With the creation of the municipality (concelho) in 1914 and of the town (vila) in 1928, it came to be called Vila, and the seat of the municipality was established there (see Ribeira Brava and the other articles under this heading).

Places mentioned

Vila
Ribeira Brava

Chronology

6 May 1914 A decree created the municipality of Ribeira Brava. Campanário was transferred to it from Câmara de Lobos and Tábua from Ponta do Sol.
26 May 1928 A decree raised the seat of Ribeira Brava to the status of vila, the last in the archipelago, and the locality Lugar was renamed Vila.

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