Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande — the port of Santa Iria, the hermits of Furnas and a parish from 1948

On the north coast, next to Ribeira Grande, Ribeirinha sheltered the hermits who fled the Furnas eruption of 1630, had in the Port of Santa Iria the quay for oranges and whales, and only became a parish in 1948. Its population has grown over the last two decades.