Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the . It covers an area of 78.00 km² and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Town with 5,040 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Azores, Portugal
  • Also known as: Vila Franca do Campo Municipality” and “Villa Franca do Campo

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca do Campo.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Água de Pau and São Miguel.

Town
is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the archipelago of the . The population in 2011 was 3,058, in an area of 17.46 km2. It contains the localities , Caloura, Cerco, Cinzeiro, Galera and Jubileu. is situated 7 km west of Vila Franca do Campo.

is the largest and most populous island of the archipelago. Portuguese for Saint Michael, the island is also known by locals as "The Green Island". Most visitors arriving in the Azores will pass through .

Vila Franca do Campo

Latitude
37.71716° or 37° 43′ 2″ north
Longitude
-25.43354° or 25° 26′ 1″ west
Population
5,040
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT VFC
Open location code
899PPH88+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25270677
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3372472
Wiki­data ID
Q565290
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Waray—“Vila Franca do Campo” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Cebuano: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Chechen: Вила-Франка-ду-Кампу
  • Chinese: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Chinese: 坎普自由鎮
  • Chinese: 坎普自由镇
  • Czech: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Dutch: Vila Franca do Campo
  • French: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Galician: Vila Franca do Campo
  • German: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Greek: Βίλα Φράνκα ντο Κάμπο
  • Greek: δήμος της Βίλα Φράνκα ντο Κάμπο
  • Irish: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Italian: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Japanese: ヴィラ・フランカ・ド・カンポ
  • Korean: 빌라프랑카두캄푸
  • Lombard: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Malay: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Polish: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Portuguese: Município de Vila Franca do Campo
  • Portuguese: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Romanian: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Russian: Вила-Франка-ду-Кампу
  • Spanish: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Swedish: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Swedish: Vila Franca do Campos
  • Tatar: Вила-Франка-ду-Кампу
  • Turkish: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Ukrainian: Віла-Франка-ду-Кампу
  • Vietnamese: Vila Franca do Campo (đô thị)
  • Vietnamese: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Volapük: Vila Franca do Campo
  • Waray (Philippines): Vila Franca do Campo
  • Vila Franca do Campo

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