Aigra Nova
Aigra Velha
Alagoa
Albergaria
Alegria
Alvém
Bordeiro
Carcavelos
Carvalhal Miúdo
Casal Bordeiro
Carvão
Casal dos Moinhos
Casalinho de Baixo
Casalinho de Cima
Casal Loureiro
Caselhos
Cerdeira
Cerejeira
Chã e Favaqueira
Cimo de Alvém
Civado
Comareira
Conhais
Cortecega
Esporão
Folgosa
Frontão
Ladeiras
Liboreiro
Luzendas
Outeiro
Manjão
Nogueiro
Pena
Piães
Pião
Pontão do Seladinho
Ponte do Sótão
Portela
Portela de Góis
Póvoa de Cerdeira
Póvoa de Góis
Povorais
Quinta do Carvão
Regateira
Ribeira Cimeira
Ribeira Fundeira
Samoura
São Martinho
Vale Boa
Vale de Maceira
Vale Godinho
Vale Moreiro
Vale Torto
Vale Travasso

The village of Alagoa (‘small pool’) sits above the River Ceira looking down on the fertile valley. The gently sloping land was used for olive and maize cultivation, but is now surrounded by trees. The old road can be seen in the woods to the south of the village as it passes through what was once cultivated land. The walls and even an old well can be seen amongst the trees. In the centre of the village there is a square called Eira do Povo, that belongs to everyone in the community. In the past it was used as a place to dry the maize that was grown, and for holding ‘bailes’ (dancing parties) on the day of São João. To the side of the square is the Casa do Convivio, and behind are two large wells: one still has a beautifully engineered hand-pump to raise the water for the village’s washing tanks. 500m up the hillside above the village, in a place called ‘Terreno do Leitão’, is a font that used to provide water. Before there was any water piped to the houses, the most important house in the village made their own pipeline from this font to their house, and when the other fonts in the village were dry, people would come to them for water.

The street that goes into the village of Alagoa was in the past so narrow that no car could go through it. One time, we were told, a local woman was having a baby and as the birth was not going well, her husband went to Góis to fetch the doctor. The doctor had to leave the car outside of the village and walk the rest of the way. It was raining heavily and it was night - two girls had to walk in their clogs to the neighbouring village of Nogueiro to go for a light of Petromax (the brightest light available at this time) so that the doctor could see well enough to help the woman. With everybody’s help, the child was born healthy.
There is now a large marble stone company just outside the village