Navais
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Póvoa de Varzim | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 26 ′ N , 8 ° 46 ′ W | |||||
Navais is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal .
history
The place is first recorded as De Nabales in the early 11th century in the episcopal registers of Braga . In the royal surveys of 1220 and 1258 it is listed as Sancti Salvatoris de Nabaes . Until the beginning of the 16th century it was known as Nabais , and since then it has had its current name.
The municipality of Navais belonged to Barcelos until 1386 , since then it has been a municipality of Póvoa de Varzim .
Until 1933, Aguçadoura also belonged to Navais.
With the municipal reorganization in 2013 , the municipalities of Navais and Aguçadoura were dissolved and merged to form the new municipality of Aguçadoura e Navais .
administration
Navais was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Póvoa de Varzim in the district of Porto . The community had an area of 3.6 km² and 1479 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following villages are located in the former municipality:
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With the territorial reform in Portugal on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Navais and Aguçadoura were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais . The seat of the new municipality was Aguçadoura, while the previous municipal administration in Navais remained as a citizens' office.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Manuel Zeferino (* 1960), cyclist, winner of the Tour of Portugal in 1981
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Navais at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about Navais on the page about the new municipality of Aguçadoura e Navais on the website of the Póvoa de Varzim district administration, accessed on February 19, 2016
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014