Feteira (Angra do Heroísmo)
| Feteira | |
| Civil Parish | |
| Official name: Freguesia da Feteira | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for a place of many ferns | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Island | Terceira |
| Municipality | Angra do Heroísmo |
| Localities | Fajã da Lajinha, Feteira, Nossa Senhora da Esperança, Nossa Senhora dos Mercês, Outeiro, Serretinha |
| Center | Feteira |
| - elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°39′16″N 27°9′4″W / 38.65444°N 27.15111°WCoordinates: 38°39′16″N 27°9′4″W / 38.65444°N 27.15111°W |
| Highest point | Dona Joana |
| - elevation | 331 m (1,086 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°39′54″N 27°8′20″W / 38.66500°N 27.13889°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | 5.25 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| - urban | .30 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,239 (2011) |
| Density | 236/km2 (611/sq mi) |
| LAU | Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Cruz das Almas |
| - coordinates | 38°39′20″N 27°8′58″W / 38.65556°N 27.14944°W |
| President Junta | Carlos Manuel Pinto Pinheiro |
| President Assembleia | António Daniel Parreira Sousa |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| Postal Zone | 9700-356 |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Feteirense |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Consolação |
  Location of the civil parish seat of Feteira in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo
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| Website: http://freguesiafeteira.com | |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
Feteira is a rural civil parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,239, in an area of 5.25 square kilometres (2.03 sq mi).
During the settlement of the island (between the 15th and 16th century), the region of Feteiras was a frontier area, between various jurisdictions, including captaincies and municipalities. The first settlement was the ecclesiastical parish of Santa Ana da Porta Alegre, created by the first colonists to venture east of Pico da D. Joana, and later, when that settlement lost its influence, it was absorbed into the parish of Vila de São Sebastião. With the restructuring of parishes and municipalities, that resulted in a densification of settlements during the first half of the 16th century, the region was integrated into the parish of São Pedro da Ribeirinha, until it became an independent parish on 30 November 1906.
During the captaincy period, delimited in 1474 between Angra and Praia, the southern coast was fixed at the old geodesic mark, that followed the eastern edge of the volcanic tailings in Feteira. That way, the limit coincided with the parish of Ribeirinha (until 1906) and the territory was part of Angra. Many of the references to Marco refers to the diverse points in the parish, that marked and demarcated the captaincy's boundaries. This situation changed in 1565, when experienced geographers through a 1565 accord of the Tribunal da Relação da Corte (who had long opposed the Donatary-Captains Antão Martins and Manuel Corte-Real), advanced the boundary 1 kilometre (1,000 m) to the west, to follow the actual Canada do Marco. The final demarkation was concluded on 8 July 1565, and put an end to quarrels that had been raging since 1525, over the limits of Altares. By consequence, the eastern edge of the parish, between Canada dos Clérigos and Canada do Marco, that included the Ponta Nova bridge, became the responsibility of the Captaincy of Praia, while the eastern frontier, from Canada do Marco until Ladeira Grande, became part of the captaincy of Angra. Yet, this decision was not peaceful, and required the intervention of the Crown, who established a geodesic mark along Canada do Marco.
The parish of Ribeirinha was part of the city of Angra, and by extension, a curato of the parish of São Sebastião. By 1568, the parish of São Pedro da Ribeirinha was already created, and included the territory of Feteira. In this context, when they structured the municipalities of Terceira, the limit of Ribeirinha, which extended to the edge of the volcanic fields of Feteira, began to be the border between Angra and São Sebastião. The area east of the volcanic fields, between Canada do Marco and the parish limits, was part of the region of Porto Judeu (and by extension the municipality of Vila de São Sebastião). This explains the successive changes east of the parish, that occurred between 1911 and 1928.
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