Cedros (Horta)
Cedros is a civil parish in the northern part of the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Following the 2011 census, the resident population was 907 inhabitants (down from the 2001 figure of 1048 residents), which was dispersed (about 36 inhabitants per km²) in the many small agglomerations along the 24.93 square kilometres (9.63 sq mi) northern coast. The northernmost parish on the island, it is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Horta and is linked via the Estrada Regional E.R. 1-1ª roadway to the rest of the island. The tree-covered hills and pasture-lands cover the interior, and hedged farmlands extend to the Atlantic coastline cliffs, a natural plateau above the sea, that was settled by early Flemish and Spanish colonists in the late part of the 15th century. Primarily an agricultural community, the population is comparable in size to other parishes on the island, though this has decreased by half since the 1950s (when there were approximately 2000 inhabitants). Today, it remains an agricultural centre of the island of Faial, anchored by the Cooperativa Agrícola dos Lactícinios do Faial, one of the primary rural industries on the island, responsible for sales of milk, cheese and butter.