FAJÃ DA OVELHA
(PARISH OF CALHETA MUNICIPALITY)
32.774348, -17233953
Fajã da Ovelha is a parish in the municipality of Calheta, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, with an area of 24.0 km² and 812 inhabitants (2021 census). Its population density is 33.8 inhabitants/km².
It is located at latitude 32.7667 (32°46') North and longitude 17.233 (17°20') West, at an altitude of 76 meters. Fajã da Ovelha has a road that connects it to Porto Moniz, Paul da Serra, Calheta and Funchal. The main activity is agriculture. It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean, to the south. There are mountains to the north.
Patrimony
São João Baptista ChurchSanto António Church
São João Baptista Church
Chapell of São Lourenço
Butter Factory
The Fajã da Ovelha Butter factory was built at the beginning of the 20th century, around 1910, by Augusto César de Gouveia and his son Pedro de Gouveia. Augusto Gouveia was a farmer and was an important person, as, among other services provided to the population, he created a cordon sanitaire on the boundaries of the municipality of Calheta, preventing the spread of a fever that devastated the region at the end of the 19th century. Augusto ended up passing away on the Continent, where he was undergoing treatment, but his body was transported to Madeira, being buried in his parish of Fajã da Ovelha. His son ended up being the main driver of Fábrica da Manteiga; This is located on the S. Lourenço site and consists of two floors. On the first floor, butter was produced and on the second floor, dough was produced. There is also a dirt pit where they worked the “leaf” to create the cans to package the butter, “Ague Butter”. Then, with the Second World War, there were no more raw materials to produce butter cans, so they built a sawmill behind the factory, where they began to make wooden boxes and these were wrapped in butter paper. A particularity is that this factory was the first building in the parish of Fajã da Ovelha to have electrical energy, it was produced through water that made the generators move. This factory was very important for the economy of Fajã da Ovelha and Ponta do Pargo, where butter was sold to Funchal and the Continent. Over the years, the factory ended up being sold, having just stopped working in 1960, and was finally sold to an American in 1974. Today it is for sale and abandoned.
Equipment
Fajã da Ovelha has a Casa do Povo, a school, the Basic School for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles/PE Professor Francisco M.S. Barreto - Fajã da Ovelha, two recreational associations, the church of São João Baptista and Santo António, two chapels (Chapel of São Lourenço and Capela da Nossa Senhora da Aparecida), two sports facilities, several tourist inns, guesthouse tourism, restaurants, bar snacks, leisure areas, such as Fonte do Bispo and Cruzinhas, viewpoints, stately homes and an excellent climate and stunning landscapes.
The various places are:
Maloeira, Raposeira do Lugarinho, Raposeira do Serrado, Lombada dos Cedros, São Lourenço, Massapez, São João, Eirinhas, Farrobo, Falcões and Lombada dos Marinheiros.
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SEARCH IN
CALHETA MUNICIPALITY
Calheta;
Arco da Calheta;
Estreito da Calheta;
Jardim do Mar;
Prazeres;
Paul do Mar,
Fajã da Ovelha;
Ponta do Pargo;
Return to mainland Portugal and
to the Azores and Madeira islands
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