Relva

Relva is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,006, in an area of . It contains the localities Nordela and Relva.

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Place details

Locality: Ponta Delgada
Region: Azores
Country: Portugal
Population: 3,006
Timezone: Atlantic/Azores

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Portuguese subdivision.type: parish
Portuguese subdivision.name: Relva
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline: SMG PDLRelva.jpg
Portuguese subdivision.image_caption: The parish of Relva, at the end of the International Airport, with the church of Nossa Senhora dos Neves
Portuguese subdivision.region: Azores
Portuguese subdivision.island: São Miguel
Portuguese subdivision.municipality: Ponta Delgada
Portuguese subdivision.image_map: Locator map AZO SMG PDL Relva.svg
Portuguese subdivision.map_caption: The location of the civil parish of Relva in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2: 12.07
Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m: 101
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of: 2011
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 3006
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code: 9500-651
Portuguese subdivision.area_code: 296
Portuguese subdivision.patron: Nossa Senhora dos Neves
Portuguese subdivision.website: http://www.jfrelva.com <!--
Portuguese subdivision.footnotes: Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) -->

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2890
Area: 10.98
Official website: www.jfrelva.com
Image: Vista de Relva, isla de San Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-29, DD 50.jpg
Dialing code: 296

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Commons category: Relva (Ponta Delgada)
postal code: 9500-651
P8168: Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas

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==History== The area of Relva was pristine forest and unoccupied grasslands, virgin fields, where the first explorers discovered forests of laurel, common holly, Portuguese laurel and Juniperus brevifolia, interspersed by local Vaccinium. The region, which extends to the border with Santa Clara and Feteiras, became a place where the pigs sent ashore by the first settlers congregated, and where many of nobles of Vila Franca do Campo hunted. Travelling by boat to the shore Santa Clara, these hunters would disembark and spend several days hunting for the semi-feral pigs, then returned to the settlements with their prizes. Slowly, the region began to be occupied by the first families, houses, fields and estates, developing the community of Ponta Delgada, and encroaching on the unspoiled lands to the west.