Ilhéu de Vila Franca
Vila Franca Islet is a vegetated uninhabited islet located off the south-central coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, lying south of Vila Franca do Campo.Photo: Luca Nebuloni, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Julesvernex2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Portugal
- Also known as: “Ilha da Vila”, “Ilheu de Vila Franca”, “Vila Franca Islet”, and “Villa Franca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca do Campo.
Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca do Campo
Town hall
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca do Campo is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Franca do Campo and Água de Pau.
Vila Franca do Campo
Town
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vila Franca do Campo 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.
Água de Pau
Town
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
Água de Pau is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,058, in an area of 17.46 km2. It contains the localities Água de Pau, Caloura, Cerco, Cinzeiro, Galera and Jubileu. Água de Pau is situated 6 km west of Ilhéu de Vila Franca.
São Miguel
Photo: Apeto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
São Miguel is the largest and most populous island of the Azores 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 São Miguel.
Ilhéu de Vila Franca
- Category: landform
- Location: Vila Franca do Campo (São Pedro), Vila Franca do Campo Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Armenian—“Ilhéu de Vila Franca” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “castru de Vila Franca”
- Asturian: “Castru de Vila Franca”
- Cebuano: “Ilhéu de Vila Franca”
- Dutch: “Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo”
- French: “Île de Vila Franca”
- French: “Vila Franca do Campo”
- German: “Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo”
- Italian: “isolotto di Vila Franca do Campo”
- Italian: “Isolotto di Vila Franca do Campo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vila Franca Islet”
- Norwegian: “Vila Franca Islet”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéu de Vila Franca”
- Portuguese: “Reduto do Ilhéu de Vila Franca”
- Russian: “Вила-Франка”
- Spanish: “Islote de Vila Franca”
- Turkish: “Ilhéu de Vila Franca”
- Turkish: “Vila Franca Adacığı”
- Western Armenian: “Վիլա Ֆրանքա կղզեակ”
- Western Armenian: “Վիլա Ֆրանքա կղզիակ”
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