Regufe 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 ...
. 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 ancient place: a former village around the town of Póvoa de Varzim. Regufe's name is of Suebi origin from ''Rekaufus'': ''Rec'' + ''wulf'' (
wolf
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).
It was a farming and cattle area, but in its farms and woodlands, houses and buildings started being raised. In certain areas of the neighbourhood, mostly, in the border with Vila do Conde, this kind of living can still be seen.
Farol de Regufe (22 metres tall) is the symbol of the quarter; it is a metallic lighthouse painted red.
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Neighbourhoods of Póvoa de Varzim