Fontaínhas

Fontaínhas is a Portuguese village in the civil parish of Balazar in the district of Póvoa de Varzim. It is on the N206 road at the boundary with the parish of Rates.

The Famalicão branch of the Póvoa line reached Fontaínhas station on 7 August 1878 and by 1881 the line from Póvoa de Varzim to Vila Nova de Famalicão was complete. Trains ran until 31 December 1995 when both passenger and goods traffic ceased. The municipal authorities began work in 2007 to resurface the line as a cycle route and footpath, but it was not until 2021 that the final section was completed. The route, known as the Ecopista do Ramal de Famalicão has a length of about 28 km.