 A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais.The name of Aguçadoura derives from ""petra aguzadoira"" (sharp stone or stone to sharp farming tools).Aguçadoura is the newest parish of Póvoa de Varzim; it was created on October 14 of 1933, when it separated from the parish of Navais, to which it always belonged.