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Ribeira Grande

Açores
32 credits-3.0%
Foral Index: 42.3

City Statistics

Population

32 112

Area

180.15 km²

District

Açores

NUTS II

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

7.1 / 20

Economy & Jobs

7.4 / 20

Housing & Cost

6.7 / 20

Governance

9.7 / 20

Environment

5.5 / 20

News Radar

5.9 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Aging Index

INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatistica
People & Families

73.90

Data from 2025

P100

Population Sustainability Index

PORDATA
People & Families

5.82

Data from 2024

P100

Youth Population (%)

PORDATA
People & Families

17.6%

Data from 2025

P100

Crimes Against Physical Integrity

INE - Instituto Nacional de Estatistica
Environment

12.8‰

Data from 2025

P0

Rain-Free Days

Open-Meteo Historical Climate
Environment

28.8%

Data from 2025

P0

Consultation Wait (Normal)

SNS Tempos - Emergency Wait Times
People & Families

346 days

Data from 2026

P2

Recent News

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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: r21

Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%

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

These open questions could change the conclusion.

See all (13)
  • · Missing document — Agriculture
  • · Missing document — Commerce
  • · Missing document — Equipment
  • · Missing document — Housing extension
  • · Missing document — New housing
  • · Missing document — Housing reconstruction
  • · Missing document — 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 — Withheld
  • Agriculture — Withheld
  • Commerce — Withheld
  • Equipment — Withheld
  • Housing extension — Withheld
  • New housing — Withheld
  • Housing reconstruction — Withheld
  • Industry — Withheld
  • Rural tourism in an existing building — Withheld
  • Tourist housing in an existing building — Withheld
  • New hotel — Withheld

This municipality's own plan text

4 document version(s) with 288 citable provisions.

Withheld operations

Agricultural support, Agriculture, Commerce, Equipment, Housing extension, New housing, Housing reconstruction, Industry, 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.
  • · Every operation is withheld for this municipality. A report would be produced with no verdicts, and nobody is charged for it.