# Navais

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'''Navais''' is a parish and former civil parish in [Póvoa de Varzim](/source/P%C3%B3voa_de_Varzim), Portugal. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 1,683 inhabitants and a total area of 4.23 km². A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new [União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais](/source/Uni%C3%A3o_das_Freguesias_de_Agu%C3%A7adoura_e_Navais).

==History==
[[File:Fonte do Crasto.JPG|thumb|left|Romanized [Castro culture](/source/Castro_culture) fountain.]]
Until it became a civil unit in 1836, it was located in [Barcelos](/source/Barcelos%2C_Portugal), and transferred to Póvoa de Varzim ever since. It is an ancient parish, and it already existed in the 11th century. It was already known in the 9th century as ''Nabales''. The Outeiro do Castro is inhabited from time immemorial, and there always had been legends surrounding its land, such as of the Enchanted Moura (a pagan deity), witches and magical oxen.

In 1933, the hamlet of [Aguçadoura](/source/Agu%C3%A7adoura) became an independent parish.

==Geography==
Navais is located 5.6 km north of downtown Póvoa de Varzim; and borders [Estela](/source/Estela_(P%C3%B3voa_de_Varzim)) to the north, [Aguçadoura](/source/Agu%C3%A7adoura) to the west, [Terroso](/source/Terroso) to the east and [Amorim](/source/Amorim%2C_P%C3%B3voa_de_Varzim) and [A Ver-o-Mar](/source/A_Ver-o-Mar) to the south.

===Hamlets===
Espadelos, Burgada, Cabreira, Crasto, Navais, Espinhal, Sonhim, Prelades, and Agra de Bouças.

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Category:Former civil parishes of Póvoa de Varzim

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