Most of the traditional northern parish of Brandbu has been absorbed into today's administrative district of Gran.

Three northern parishes of Tønder County were transferred to Ribe County in the 1970 administrative reform.

In the 2003 contest with Blanco, Jindal had lost most of the northern parishes.

The beach at Coral Springs, in Jamaica's northern parish of Trelawny, was 400 metres of white sand.

They are nowadays elected at septennial elections among the registered commoners, two for the northern parishes, two for the southern.

The street was the 'Devil's Highway', the Roman road from London to Silchester which forms the northern parish boundary.

In 1971, two northern parishes of the Municipality were split off to become the Municipality of Santa Cruz.

In 1988, two more northern parishes of the Municipality were split off to become the Municipality of São Domingos.

In the beginning of the 20th century, two northern parishes of the municipality were split off to become the Municipality of Tarrafal.

It is one of the northern parishes along Regional Road E.R. 1-1 , linking the city of Horta to the rest of the island.