The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), Santo António das Pombas.

The Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park lies partly in the municipality of Paul.

The national roads EN1-SA02 and EN1-SA03 connect Pombas with Ribeira Grande and Porto Novo, respectively.

In 1867 the municipalities of Paul (covering the area of current Paul and Porto Novo) and Ribeira Grande were created from the previous municipality that covered the whole island of Santo Antão.

The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[6] Paul has five sister municipalities, all of them are in Portugal: Almodôvar, Benavente, Gavião, Odivelas and Sernancelhe.