Pilar da Bretanha, Ponta Delgada — 576 people, the least populated parish in the municipality, born in 2002 from old Bretanha

On the north-west coast, 30 kilometres from the city, Pilar da Bretanha has only been a parish since 10 July 2002. The story of the chapel a captain had built in 1680, of the name Bretanha whose origin nobody can prove, and of the two great Holy Spirit festivals.