Vinzons Tacboan & Indan
Municipality
Municipality of Vinzons
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Nickname:  Eco-Heritage town
Map of Camarines Norte with Vinzons highlighted
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Vinzons Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°10′26″N 122°54′29″E / 14.1739°N 122.9081°E / 14.1739; 122.9081
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Camarines Norte
District	2nd district
Founded	1581
Named for	Wenceslao Q. Vinzons
Barangays	19 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Dr. Eleanor F. Segundo
• Vice Mayor	Agnes Ang
• Representative	Rosemarie C. Panotes
• Municipal Council	Members Ligaya H. Heraldo Edwin G. Pajarillo Gilbert B. Adorino Nestor A. Pajarillo Domingo M. Guinto Renee H. Depante Alexander R. Bardon Manuel D. Obusan
• Electorate	29,139 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	141.43 km2 (54.61 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Highest elevation	1,163 m (3,816 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	49,042
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
• Households	11,059
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	24.33 % (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 150 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 345.8 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 112.1 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 81.05 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative (CANORECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4603
PSGC	051612000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)54
Native languages	Central Bikol Tagalog

Vinzons, officially the Municipality of Vinzons (Tagalog: Bayan ng Vinzons), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,485 people.^[3]

The Calaguas Islands is under the jurisdiction of Vinzons.

The first recorded name of Vinzons was Tacboan and was later changed to Indan at which time the Mayor was Pedro Barbin.^[5] The town was then renamed "Vinzons" in honor of Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, then Governor of the province.^[5] He was the youngest delegate to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention and a guerrilla leader martyred by the Japanese during World War II.

History

Government flag

The town was established in 1581 by the Franciscan priests without a patron saint and without a church. In 1611, Fr. Juan de Losar, OFM built a church named after Saint Peter. Fr. Losar was the first Parish Priest of the church. In 1624, the whole town of Tacboan was relocated and it was called Indan where a new church was built with the same Patron Saint, St. Peter the Apostle.

Vinzons has contributed priests and nuns to the Catholic Church more than any other town in the province. The town has also had more provincial elective officials than in any other town in the province. There was a time when all three candidates for governor hailed from Vinzons as when Dominador Asis, Fernando V. Pajarillo, and Wenceslao G. Vinzons, Jr. ran for governor in the elections of 1964. Before that, majority of the provincial governors came from Vinzons: Carlos Balce (1928-1931) Wenceslao Q. Vinzons (1937-1940), Carlos Ascutia (1944-1946), Regino Z. Guinto (1946-1947), Cayetano Vinzons (1958), Dominador Asis (1959-1963), Wenceslao G. Vinzons, Jr. (1964-1968), Fernando V. Pajarillo (who died while in office).

The first Municipal Mayor, Jose "Buding" Tacalan Segundo, has accomplished to finish the three (3) terms. He was the only Municipal Mayor in this town who is from a rural barangay, which is Barangay Sabang. Another Prominent Mayor who served for two terms is Cesar Asis Cereno, who pushed for massive agricultural development in the countryside, particularly seaweeds production, which improved the living conditions of constituents in most fishing villages and island barangays. Mayor Eleanor Ferrer Segundo (2016-2025) is the second Municipal Mayor in the municipality has accomplished the three (3) terms and wife of late Municipal Mayor Jose "Buding" Tacalan Segundo.

Geography

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Vinzons, Camarines Norte, was 49,042 people,^[3] with a density of 350 inhabitants per square kilometre or 910 inhabitants per square mile.

Religion

St. Peter the Apostle Church

Roman Catholic Churches

• St. Peter the Apostle Church - Fire destroyed the St. Peter the Apostle Church on 26 December 2012 at around 0130 hours which started from the old convent. The 400-year-old church was one of the oldest churches in Bicol and erected during the Spanish Colony in 1600.^[11]
• St. Paul The Apostle Quasi Parish in Sabang
• Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage Parish in Calaguas
• Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Mangcauayan
• Santo Domingo in Santo Domingo
• St. Augustine in Matango

Economy

Government

Municipal officials:

• Municipal Mayor: Dr. Eleanor Ferrer Segundo
• Vice Mayor: Agnes Ang
• Councilors:
  • Hon. Ligaya H. Heraldo
  • Hon. Edwin G. Pajarillo
  • Hon. Gilberto B. Adorino
  • Hon. Nestor A. Pajarillo
  • Hon. Domingo M. Guinto
  • Hon. Renee F. Herrera
  • Hon. Alexander R. Bardon
  • Hon. Manuel P. Obusan
• Ex Officio (Liga ng mga Barangay) : _____________
• Ex Officio (SK Federation) : Hon. Laiza P. Paulite

Education

Tourist Destination in the Municipality of Vinzons

• 
  Wenceslao Vinzons Shrine
• 
  Mahabang Buhangin / Mangcawayan Island
• 
  Balagbag Island
• 
  Public Market of Vinzons

Language

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vinzons.

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information