Terroso

Village of Terroso on the western side of the Cividade Hill.
Cividade de Terroso on top of the hill.

Terroso is a suburban area in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It forms part of the civil parish of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso. It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 2,472 inhabitants and a total area of 4.63 km2. A 2012 law merged the civil parish with neighbouring Amorim and Aver-o-Mar, to become the northern parish of the city of Póvoa de Varzim.[1]

Terroso derives from the Latin terrosu, meaning "full of soil". The name was used for Cividade or Cividade Hill.

  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 101" (PDF) (in Portuguese). p. 100. Archived from the original (pdf) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.