Penalves is a neighbourhood of the
Portuguese city of
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 ...
.
Penalves was formerly known as ''Penalva'' or before it as ''Penalva de
Regufe
Regufe is a neighbourhood of the Portuguese city of Póvoa de Varzim. It is Regufe is located in the south part of Matriz/Mariadeira district. It has very different topologies and little development, mostly of residential nature.
Regufe is an an ...
''. Penalva is of Celtic roots: ''pen'' from ''penha'' (stone) with ''alva'' (white), thus ''white stone''. In the 17th century, the ''Penalves'' variant became common.
Penalves is located in the south part of Matriz/Mariadeira district.
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Neighbourhoods of Póvoa de Varzim