Vila do Corvo
| Vila do Corvo | |||
| Municipality (Concelho) | |||
 Vila do Corvo, as seen from Portão lookout, including Aerodrome and settlement
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| Official name: Concelho da Vila do Corvo | |||
| Name origin: corvo, Portuguese for crow | |||
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Region |  Azores |
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| Island | Corvo | ||
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Vila do Corvo, Enseada de Noss Senhora do Rosário, Calçada |
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| Landmark | Nossa Senhora dos Milagres | ||
| Center | Vila do Corvo | ||
| - elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 39°40′22″N 31°6′52″W / 39.67278°N 31.11444°WCoordinates: 39°40′22″N 31°6′52″W / 39.67278°N 31.11444°W | ||
| Highest point | |||
| - location | Estreitinho, Caldeirão | ||
| - elevation | 718 m (2,356 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 39°41′55″N 31°6′40″W / 39.69861°N 31.11111°W | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Area | 17.11 km2 (7 sq mi) | ||
| - water | .31 km2 (0 sq mi) | ||
| - urban | .11 km2 (0 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 430 (2011) | ||
| Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) | ||
| Settlement | c.1475-1503 | ||
| - Parish | c.1674 | ||
| - Town/Municipality | 20 June 1832 | ||
| LAU | Câmara Municipal | ||
| - location | Rua do Jogo da Bola | ||
| - elevation | 34 m (112 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 39°40′22″N 31°6′48″W / 39.67278°N 31.11333°W | ||
| President | Manuel das Pedras Rita (PS) | ||
| Municipal Chair | Oscar Manuel Rocha (PS) | ||
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) | ||
| Postal Zone | 9980-024 | ||
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XX XX XX | ||
| Demonym | Corvense | ||
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora dos Milagres | ||
| Municipal Holidays | 20 June | ||
| Status |
Regional Protected Group Conjunto Regional Protegido |
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| Listing | Regional Government of the Azores, Resolution 69/97; Jornal da Região Autonoma dos Açores 15 (10 April 1997); included in the Natura 2000 Network Special Protection Zone (ZPE) Zona de Protecção Especial da Costa e Caldeirão | ||
 Location of the municipality of Corvo in the archipelago of the Azores
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| Website: http://www.cm-corvo.pt | |||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |||
Vila do Corvo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkoɾvu]) is the smallest municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, constituting the island of Corvo in its entirety. With a population of 430 in 2011, it is the least populated of the Portuguese municipalities, and the only Portuguese municipality, by law, without a civil parish (freguesia, the smallest administrative unit in Portugal). Its area is 17.11 square kilometres (6.61 sq mi).
Vila do Corvo, has at times been wrongly referred to as Vila Nova do Corvo. The village, the unique agglomeration on the island of Corvo, is constructed of small homes located along narrow roadways and alleys rising along the hills of the southern one-third of the island. The coastal area of the village is dominated by the Corvo Aerodrome and ports linking the community to the outside world.
The history of the Azores is linked to non-official exploration during the period of the late 13th century in maps, such as the Genoese Atlas Medici (1351). Although it did not specify an island of Corvo, the Medici Atlas did refer to an Insula Corvi Marini (Island of the Marine Crow), in a seven-island archipelago. A later Mapa Catalão (Catalan Map), from Spain, referred to two islands of Corvo and Flores in 1375.
During Portuguese official history the Western Group was discovered during the navigator Diogo de Teive and his son's (João de Teive) 1452 return from the Banks of Newfoundland, after his second voyage of exploration. The Portuguese Court began to refer to the new Ilhas das Flores (Islands of Flowers), identifying Corvo as the Ilha de Santa Iria (Island of Saint Irene), but other nautical charts continued to refer to this island as the Ilhéu das Flores (Islet or Island of Flowers), Ilha da Estátua (Island of the Statute), Ilha do Farol (Island of the Lighthouse) or Ilha de São Tomás (Island of Saint Thomas). The island was placed under the control of Diogo Teive, who became the first Captain-Donatário.
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