Calhetas, Ribeira Grande — a parish since 30 January 1924, 4.70 km² of coast and Our Lady of Safe Travel

At the western end of the municipality of Ribeira Grande, Calhetas was a place belonging to Rabo de Peixe before it became a parish in 1924. The name comes from the rocks of the coast, the church took its present form in 1830, and the population went from 780 to 910 people in twenty years.