Vinzons

Vinzons, officially the Municipality of Vinzons (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.

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. The town was then renamed "Vinzons" in honor of Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, then Governor of the province. He was the youngest delegate to the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention and a guerrilla leader martyred by the Japanese during World War II.

History
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 is the current Municipal Mayor of town (2016-present) and wife of late ex-Mayor Jose "Buding" Tacalan Segundo.

Barangays
Vinzons is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Listed here with their current Barangay Captains.


 * Aguit-It - Roe Villanueva
 * Banocboc - Welisa Salen
 * Cagbalogo - Celso Mase
 * Calangcawan Norte - Joseph Pajarillo
 * Calangcawan Sur - Samuel Pajarillo
 * Guinacutan - Elizalde Daniel
 * Mangcayo - Roe Elep
 * Mangcawayan - Gracia Austria
 * Manlucugan - Ramon Avendaño
 * Matango - Alvin Clacio
 * Napilihan - Dolores Balane
 * Pinagtigasan - Azucena Buen
 * Barangay I (Poblacion)- Felix Rigodon
 * Barangay II (Poblacion) - Jonna Valeros (ABC President)
 * Barangay III (Poblacion) - Neil A. Obusan
 * Sabang - Jeffrey Segundo
 * Santo Domingo - Samson Balce
 * Singi - Helen Almacin
 * Sula - Rosemarie Abogado

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Vinzons, Camarines Norte, was 49,042 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

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.
 * 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

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) : Hon. Jonna P. Valeros
 * Ex Officio (SK Federation) : Hon. Sarah Jade Icatlo

Public secondary schools

 * Vinzons Pilot High School (Main Campus)
 * D.Q. Liwag National High School
 * Matango National High School
 * Sabang National High School
 * E Quintela High School
 * Sarah Jane Ferrer High School

Public elementary schools

 * Vinzons Pilot Elementary School (Main Campus)
 * Don Miguel Lukban Elementary School
 * Mangcayo Elementary School
 * Calangacawan Norte Elementary School
 * Calangacawan Sur Elementary School
 * P.Barbin Elementary School
 * Guinacutan Elementary School
 * Banocboc Elementary School
 * Juanita Balon Elementary School
 * Santo Domingo Elementary School
 * M. Guinto Elementary School
 * Pinagtigasan Elementary School
 * Magcawayan Island Elementary School
 * Aguit-it Elementary School
 * Sula Elementary School
 * Sabang Elementary School
 * Matango Elementary School

Private Elementary School

 * St. Peter Kiddie School, Inc.
 * Vinzons Christian Academy

Private senior high school and higher educational institutions

 * St. Francis Caracciolo Culinary Academy - Santo Domingo

Sectarian Seminary

 * Adorno Fathers Seminary