Santa Bárbara, Ribeira Grande — the Lomba that asked to become a parish and got its wish in 1971

For centuries it was just the Lomba, a locality of Ribeira Seca. It had a church, then a curacy, then a church parish — and in June 1971, at the request of most heads of household, a decree-law made it a civil parish. Today it has 1,188 inhabitants and one of the longest stretches of sand on the north coast.