Terceira
Praia da Vitória
Lajes

Lajes

Lajes is a civil parish in the municipality of , on the island of in the . The population in 2011 was 3,744, in an area of 12.11 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 3,740 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Praia da Vitória
  • Also known as: “Lagens” and “Lajens”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of São Miguel Arcanjo and Lajes Airport.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Airport terminal
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is located in the parish and Vila das Lajes, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on , in the .

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a church.

Lajes

Latitude
38.76693° or 38° 46′ 1″ north
Longitude
-27.10318° or 27° 6′ 11″ west
Population
3,740
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
IATA airport code
TER
Open location code
89CJQV8W+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2781654921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3372952
Wiki­data ID
Q2652876
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Lajes” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Lajes”
  • Cebuano: “Lajes”
  • Chechen: “Лажиш (Прая-да-Витория)”
  • Chechen: “Лажиш”
  • Chinese: “Lajes”
  • Chinese: “拉日什”
  • Dutch: “Lajes”
  • French: “Lajes”
  • German: “Lajes”
  • Irish: “Lajes”
  • Japanese: “ラジェス”
  • Malay: “Lajes”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lajes”
  • Polish: “Lajes”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Lajes”
  • Portuguese: “Lajes (Praia da Vitoria)”
  • Portuguese: “Lajes (Praia da Vitória)”
  • Portuguese: “Lajes”
  • Portuguese: “Vila das Lajes”
  • Russian: “Лажеш”
  • Russian: “Лажиш”
  • Spanish: “Lajes”
  • Swedish: “Lajes, Terceira”
  • Swedish: “Lajes”
  • Tatar: “Лажиш (Прая-да-Витория)”
  • Tatar: “Лажиш”
  • Turkish: “Lajes”
  • “Lajes”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lajes”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.