União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso is the north side region of the

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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 ...

and one of the seven

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. The administrative parish evolved from the amalgamation of the former parishes

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, Amorim and

Terroso Terroso is a suburban 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. It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish located in Póvoa ...

. The population in 2011 was 13,987,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 16.64 km². According to Póvoa de Varzim's municipal

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, the parish is divided into two areas, one urban (Aver-o-Mar and a portion of Amorim) and two suburban areas (Amorim and Terroso), these are divided by the A28 motorway. The north side of the city of Póvoa de Varzim has varied topologies and demographic measures, some of which with seasonal use, suburban, and strong hints of past countryside life. Well developed areas are located near Lagoa Beach, EN-13 and EN-205 highways, as these areas have direct links with the city center. Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso includes landmarks such as

Póvoa de Varzim City Park The Póvoa de Varzim City Park (''Parque da Cidade da Póvoa de Varzim'') is an urban park of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal. The park is located in a former plain, where a small stream, farms and farmhouses existed. It includes landscaped hills, a ...

, the ruins of the

Cividade de Terroso Cividade de Terroso was an ancient city of the Castro culture in North-western coast of the Iberian Peninsula, situated near the present bed of the Ave river, in the suburbs of present-day Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Located in the heart of the ...

, the beaches of

, the hillside village of

and Amorim's churches. The north side is serviced by bus services, the A28, national and municipal highways.

History

The civil parish was established in 2013 under the national administrative reform. It is as an amalgamation of three former civil and ecclesiastic parishes. Amorim and Terroso are ancient parishes with known records dating to the 11th century, with civil parishes established in 1836. Aver-o-Mar was established in 1922.

References

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