it goes throw the city's inland expansion area. The School Bikeway with 1.3 km between the school district and the Marginal Bikeway started being built in 2019. Notable people Peter of Rates traditionally, the first bishop of Braga between AD45 and AD60. Saint Felix the Hermit a 9th-century fisherman and hermit Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) the first governor-general of Brazil from 1549 to 1553. José Rodrigues Maio (1817–1884) commonly known as Cego do Maio a national hero, lifeguard and fisherman Francisco Gomes de Amorim (1827–1891) a Portuguese poet and dramatist Eça de Queiroz (1845–1900) a realist style Portuguese writer António dos Santos Graça (1882—1956) an ethnologist, journalist and politician; studied local culture, history and folklore. Josué Francisco Trocado (1882–1962) a Portuguese composer. Alexandrina of Balazar (1904–1955) known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a mystic and victim soul Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) a politician, law professor and Minister. He served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s. Tavares Moreira (1944–2020) an economist & governor of the Bank of Portugal (1986–1992) José Macedo Vieira (born 1949) the president of the city council of Póvoa de Varzim since 1993. Sport António Lima Pereira (1952–2022) a footballer with 225 club caps and 20 for Portugal Manuel Albino Morim Maçães (born 1972), known as Bino, a former footballer with 329 club caps and 3 for Portugal Geraldo Alves (born 1980) a footballer with 392 club caps Bruno Alves (born 1981) a footballer with over 530 club caps and 96 for Portugal Carlos Milhazes (born 1981) a former footballer with 380 club caps Rui Costa (born 1986) a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer Adriano Niz (born 1986) a former freestyle swimmer, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics Luís Neto (born 1988) a footballer with over 250 club caps and 19 for Portugal International relations Atlantic Axis and European Regions Póvoa de Varzim is part of the Eixo Atlântico ("Atlantic Axis"), a lobby of the most relevant Galician and Northern Portuguese cities. It also became a permanent member of the European Committee of the Regions, an assembly of local and regional representatives with a direct voice within the EU's institutional framework. In 2016, the regional government of Príncipe Island, an autonomous region of São Tomé and Príncipe, and the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, established a cooperation protocol, which has diverse fields of cooperation using human and technical resources. The