Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo
Municipality
The town of Vila Franca do Campo, with its emblematic volcanic islet, the Ilhéu de Vila Franca
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the archipelago of the Azores
Coordinates: 37°43′00″N 25°26′0″W / 37.71667°N 25.43333°W / 37.71667; -25.43333
Country	Portugal
Auton. region	Azores
Island	São Miguel
Established	Settlement: 15th Century Municipality: 1472
Parishes	6
Government
• President	Ricardo Manuel de Amaral Rodrigues
Area
• Total	77.97 km2 (30.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	10 323
Time zone	UTC−01:00 (AZOT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC±00:00 (AZOST)
Postal code	9680-115
Area code	296
Patron	São João
Local holiday	24 June
Website	http://www.cmvfc.pt

Vila Franca do Campo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈfɾɐ̃kɐ ðu ˈkɐ̃pu] ^ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the southern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores. The population of the municipality was 11,229 in 2011,^[1] in an area of 77.97 km².^[2] The town proper, which incorporates the urbanized parishes São Miguel and São Pedro, has 4100 inhabitants.