São Brás (Praia da Vitória)

São Brás
Civil Parish
Official name: Freguesia de São Brás
Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Blaise
Country	Portugal
Autonomous Region	Azores
Island	Terceira
Municipality	Praia da Vitória
Localities	Baldio, Canada da Quinta, Canada das Covas, Cruz, Fundões, Ladeira do Cardosa, Lourais, Quatro Canadas, São Brás
Center	São Brás
- elevation	114 m (374 ft)
- coordinates	38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°W / 38.76333; -27.13194Coordinates: 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°W / 38.76333; -27.13194
Highest point	Terreiro da Marcela
- elevation	215 m (705 ft)
- coordinates	38°44′52″N 27°18′42″W / 38.74778°N 27.31167°W / 38.74778; -27.31167
Lowest point	Lourais
- elevation	67 m (220 ft)
- coordinates	38°46′20″N 27°7′17″W / 38.77222°N 27.12139°W / 38.77222; -27.12139
Area	4.68 km2 (2 sq mi)
- urban	.82 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population	1,088 (2011)
Density	232/km2 (601/sq mi)
Settlement	fl. 1480
- Parish	fl. 1500
- Civil Parish	17 February 1951
LAU	Junta Freguesia
- location	Rua Padre Alfredo Alves Lucas, Estrada Regional E.R.5-2
- coordinates	38°45′50″N 27°8′0″W / 38.76389°N 27.13333°W / 38.76389; -27.13333
President Junta	Nuno Miguel Aguiar Meneses (PS)
Timezone	Azores (UTC-1)
- summer (DST)	Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone	9760-664
Area Code & Prefix	(+351) 292 XXX XXX
Location of the parish seat of São Brás on the island of Terceira
Wikimedia Commons: São Brás (Praia da Vitória)
Website: http://www.jfsaobras.com/
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

São Brás (Portuguese: Saint Blaise) is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,088,^[1] in an area of 4.68 km².^[2]

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