Calheta
Identity card
Municipality form
Parishes of the county
- — Arco da Calheta
- — Calheta
- — Estreito da Calheta
- — Fajã da Ovelha
- — Jardim do Mar
- — Paúl do Mar
- — Ponta do Pargo
- — Prazeres
Relevant indicators
Financial management
Total debt per inhabitant
682,2 €
Budget balance
236,9 million €
Administrative management
Number of workers
9,6 thousand
Number of workers with a permanent contract
8,7 thousand
Data regarding the decentralization of competences of municipalities is being updated. We are working to ensure that information is available as soon as possible.
Decentralization of powers
Proximity to populations is essential for solving people's real problems on a daily basis. Knowing the needs and having the ability to intervene in their resolution in an agile and uncomplicated way is one of the most important missions of the Municipalities.
For this, it is necessary that each Municipality has at its disposal not only the necessary resources but also the institutional attribution of the respective responsibilities. In light of the current model of decentralization of powers from the Central Administration to the Municipalities, each of the Municipalities entrusted with providing services to citizens in a very wide range of fields.
Areas of decentralization of powers
Non-applicable powers
- Health
- Education
- Housing
- Culture
- Citizen Assistance
- Heritage
- Justice
- Communication routes
- Port areas
- Beaches
- Inland waterway transport
- Protected areas co-management
- Civil protection
- Social work
- Community policing
- Fire safety
- Public car parking
- Gambling
- Afforestation and re-afforestation
- Fire brigade associations
Once the powers relating to Health, Culture and Communications have been accepted, an agreement needs to be signed setting out the terms of the transfer of powers.
In Social work, the deadline given for the municipalities to pronounce themselves on the figures is still past, which is why this area has not been considered when calculating the acceptance of powers.