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Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim is a city in the , Norte region of . It has 40,000 inhabitants. The town lies on the Portuguese Coastal Way of the Camino de Santiago.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Casino da Póvoa and Ethnography and History Museum of Póvoa de Varzim.

Casino
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is a casino located in Póvoa de Varzim in . It is a gaming and entertainment venue since the early 1930s. Its building is designed in a Garnier-inspired modernist style and, since 1977, it is listed by IGESPAR, the Portuguese Institute of National Monuments.

Museum
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is a with a maritime and ethnic theme located in the city of Póvoa de Varzim. The museum is located in Solar dos Carneiros, former home of the Viscount of Azevedo.

Fort
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The , also Fortress of Póvoa de Varzim, officially Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora da Conceição or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortress, is a fortress in Póvoa de Varzim rebuilt during the reigns of Peter II and John V to defend the town from privateers, in the site of an earlier fort known as "Forte de Torrão".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vila do Conde and A Ver-o-Mar.

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is a city of 79,000 people in the region of . It lies on the Portuguese Coastal Route of the Camino de Santiago.

Town
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, Aver-o-Mar or Averomar is an urban area in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is a former civil parish currently located in União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso, of which it is its seat.

Suburb
is a suburban area in Póvoa de Varzim, . It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,229 inhabitants and a total area of 4.31 km2.

Póvoa de Varzim

Latitude
41.3794° or 41° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude
-8.7599° or 8° 45′ 36″ west
Population
40,100
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT PDV
Open location code
8CHH96HR+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25613458
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2735787
Wiki­data ID
Q200459
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Póvoa de Varzim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوفوا دي فارزيم”
  • Armenian: “Պովա դե Վարիզմ”
  • Asturian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Basque: “Povoa de Varzim”
  • Belarusian: “Повуа-дзі-Варзім”
  • Belarusian: “Повуа-ды-Варзім”
  • Belarusian: “Повуа-ды-Варзін”
  • Bulgarian: “Повуа ди Варшин”
  • Catalan: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Cebuano: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Chechen: “Повуа-ди-Варзин”
  • Chinese: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Chinese: “波瓦-迪瓦爾津”
  • Czech: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Danish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Dutch: “Povoa de Varzim”
  • Dutch: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Esperanto: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Finnish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • French: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Galician: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Georgian: “პოვუა-დე-ვარშინი”
  • Georgian: “პოვუა-დი-ვარზინი”
  • German: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Greek: “Πόβοα ντε Βαρζίμ”
  • Hebrew: “פובואה דה ורזים”
  • Ido: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Irish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Italian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Japanese: “ポーヴォア・デ・ヴァルジン”
  • Japanese: “ポヴォア・デ・ヴァルジン”
  • Japanese: “ポボア・デ・バルジン”
  • Korean: “포보아드바르징”
  • Latin: “Villa Euracini”
  • Lithuanian: “Povua de Varzinas”
  • Lombard: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Luxembourgish: “Povoa de Varzim”
  • Luxembourgish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Macedonian: “Повоа де Варзим”
  • Maltese: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Mazanderani: “پووا دوارزیم”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Moksha: “Повуа дэ Варзин”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Norwegian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Persian: “پووا د وارزیم”
  • Persian: “پووا دوارزیم”
  • Polish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Portuguese: “Município da Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Portuguese: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Romanian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Russian: “Повуа-ди-Варзин”
  • Serbian: “Повоа де Варзим”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Silesian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Slovak: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Slovenian: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Spanish: “Povoa de Varzim”
  • Spanish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Swedish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Tatar: “Повуа-ди-Варзин”
  • Turkish: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Ukrainian: “Повуа-де-Варзін”
  • Vietnamese: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Volapük: “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Póvoa de Varzim”
  • “Póvoa de Varzim”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Póvoa de Varzim”. Photo: amaianos, CC BY 2.0.