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Horta

Açores
34 credits-5.6%
Foral Index: 44.7

City Statistics

Population

14 994

Area

173.07 km²

District

Açores

NUTS II

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

8.2 / 20

Economy & Jobs

9.6 / 20

Housing & Cost

8.0 / 20

Governance

8.4 / 20

Environment

6.5 / 20

News Radar

4.1 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Family Liveability Index

Foral Intelligence
People & Families

80.46

Data from 2026

P100

Gyms per 10k Residents

Foral Intelligence
People & Families

3,3 per 10k

Data from 2026

P99

Annual Fire Count

ICNF Wildfire Records (fogos.icnf.pt)
Environment

0

Data from 2026

P99

Family Health Units (USF) Count

SNS Transparencia
People & Families

406

Data from 2026

P0

Climate Comfort Days

Open-Meteo Historical Climate
Environment

10.7%

Data from 2025

P0

Rain-Free Days

Open-Meteo Historical Climate
Environment

33.7%

Data from 2025

P2

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Governance Digest

PDM — map and rules

Land classes, constraints and building rules for the concelho.

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City Strategy

Knowledge-base coverage

What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.

Review mode: Automatic (no operator review)Release: r18

Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%

Still to confirm:
  • · Land applicability to be confirmed
  • · Document available — needs validation
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agricultural support

These open questions could change the conclusion.

See all (13)
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agriculture
  • · Document available — needs validation — Commerce
  • · Document available — needs validation — Equipment
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing extension
  • · Document available — needs validation — New housing
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing reconstruction
  • · Document available — needs validation — Industry
  • · Missing document — Rural tourism in an existing building
  • · Missing document — Tourist housing in an existing building
  • · Missing document — New hotel
See sources and details

No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.

Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.

Per operation

  • Agricultural support — Needs confirmation
  • Agriculture — Needs confirmation
  • Commerce — Needs confirmation
  • Equipment — Needs confirmation
  • Housing extension — Needs confirmation
  • New housing — Needs confirmation
  • Housing reconstruction — Needs confirmation
  • Industry — Needs confirmation
  • Rural tourism in an existing building — Withheld
  • Tourist housing in an existing building — Withheld
  • New hotel — Withheld

This municipality's own plan text

1 document version(s) with 41 citable provisions.

Withheld operations

Rural tourism in an existing building, Tourist housing in an existing building, New hotel

  • · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.