Civil Parishes of Póvoa de Varzim

Map with the 12 civil parishes of Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim is divided into twelve civil parishes. These are grouped in two areas: urban (city) and rural. Between 1308 and 1836, the municipality was made up of a single parish territory of which, over time, approached the medieval borders.^[1] In the 18th century, the Aver-o-Mar area (of the parish of Amorim) was annexed, by royal order, to a place in the north of Póvoa de Varzim, as it had to an increasing local population made up of fishing-farmers.

- With the administrative reform of the territory in 1836 Póvoa started to definitively control the territories: the council of Rates was annexed, the lands of Argivai recouped, and Balasar, Estela, Laundos, Navais, Terroso, Outeiro Maior, Parada, Rio Mau, and Santagões were acquired. In 1853, it exchanged the last four with the neighbouring Vila do Conde which got Amorim and Beiriz. The parishes of Aver-o-Mar and Aguçadoura were created in the beginning of 20th century through the dismemberment of Amorim and Navais, respectively.^[2]

Civil parishes

• A Ver-o-Mar
• Aguçadoura
• Amorim
• Argivai
• Balasar
• Beiriz
• Estela
• Laundos
• Póvoa de Varzim
• Navais
• Rates
• Terroso

Hamlets

Each rural parish is further subdivided into Lugares or Localidades which can be translated into locations, villages or hamlets, some of which in recent periods became urbanized or merged with neighboring villages.

Agra	Agra de Bouças	Agro-Velho	Águas Férreas	Aguçadoura	Aldeia	Aldeia Nova	Além	Amorim	Amorim de Cima
Areosa	Argivai	A Ver-o-Mar	Balazar	Barranha	Barreiros	Barros	Beiriz	Beiriz de Baixo	Boavista
Borgonha	Bouça Velha	Boucinha	Burgada	Caçapos	Calvário	Calves	Caminho Largo	Caramujo	Carregal
Carregosa	Carvalheiro	Casal	Casal do Monte	Castelo	Catiosa	Caturela	Chamozinhos	Codixeira	Comão
Contriz	Cruz	Cuteres	Eirado	Escaris	Espedelos	Espinhal	Estela	Estrada	Estrada Nova
Faroleiro	Finisterra	Fontainha	Fontainhas	Fontela	Fonte Nova	Fontes Novas	Fraião	Fringio	Gândara
Gandra	Gestrins	Giesteira	Granja	Granjeiro	Gresufes	Guardais	Guardinhas	Guardinhos	Igreja
Laundos	Lousadelo	Machoqueira	Magosa	Mandim	Mão Pedrosa	Martinho	Moinhos da Senra	Moninhas	Monte Tapado
Morincheira	Mourilhe	Navais	Nossa Senhora dos Passos	Nova Sintra	Oliveira	Outeiro	Paço	Padrão	Paimo
Palmeiro	Paralheira	Paranho	Paranho da Areia	Paranho de Cima	Paredes	Passo	Pé do Monte	Pedreira	Pedrinha
Pedroso	Pelames	Penouces	Pereira	Perlinha	Pincelos	Portela	Póvoas	Praça	Preladas
Quião	Quinta	Quintela	Rapijães	Rates	Refojos	Regufe	Salgueiras	Sandim	Santo André
Santo António	São Braz	São Félix	São Lourenço	São Salvador	São Tiago	Sapogães	Sejães	Sencadas	Senhora da Cruz
Senhora da Saúde	Senhora de Fátima	Senhora do Bom Fim	Serra	Serra do Monte	Sijais	Sistelos	Sonhim	Terra Ruim	Terroso
Teso	Torrinha	Travassos	Urzes	Valdoia	Vela	Vila Pouca	Vilar	Zimbelo

References

1. ^ Amorim, Manuel: A Póvoa Antiga Na Linha do horizonte - Biblioteca Poveira CMPV, 2003
2. ^ "Turismo: Conhecer a Póvoa, História" (in Portuguese). CMPV. http://www.cm-pvarzim.pt/turismo/conhecer-a-povoa/historia/. Retrieved September 9, 2006.