Póvoa de Varzim (prt)

Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim ranks 2,799th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Steubenville, Ohio, London Borough of Harrow, and Armagh. Memorable people born in Póvoa de Varzim include José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Bruno Alves, and Diogo Freitas do Amaral. Póvoa de Varzim has been the birth place of many soccer players and writers. Póvoa de Varzim is located in Portugal.

Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, 30 km (18.6 mi) 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 inhabitants, with 42,396 living in the city proper. The city expanded southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there are about 100,000 inhabitants in the urban area alone. It is the seventh-largest urban agglomeration in Portugal and the third largest in Northern Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia