', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of 43,485 people. The Calaguas Islands is under the jurisdiction of Vinzons. The very 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 Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1935, and a guerrilla leader martyred by the Japanese during World War II.
Barangays
Vinzons is politically subdivided into 19 barangays, listed here with their current Barangay Captains.
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 Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, Carlos Ascutia, Regino Z. Guinto, Cayetano Vinzons, Dominador Asis, Wenceslao G. Vinzons, Jr., Fernando V. Pajarillo,. Only one mayor, Jose Tacalan "Buding" Segundo, has accomplished to finish the three 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. Agnes Mago Diezmo Ang is the first lady mayor in the municipality.
Demographics
In the, the population of Vinzons, Camarines Norte, was people, with a density of.
Climate
Religion
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.
