A-dos-Ruivos is a village located in the parish of Carvalhal, municipality of Bombarral, district of Leiria and situated in the so-called Oeste Region of Portugal. Its population is 196 inhabitants (2001 census).
The origin of its name could be traced back to
Norse Christians, Franks or Bretons, who settled in the area during the
time of the Reconquista. Red-haired or freckled, the Moors called them
rubios, ruivos or even francos.
The initial article "A"
followed by "dos" means "the land of", for example, "I'm going to the
land of the redheads" or simply "I'm going to the redheads".
According to anthropologist and doctor Eusebio Tamagnini, in a study carried out on hair pigmentation, published in 1936 by the University of Coimbra, the average number of redheads in Portugal is 0.17%.
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| Old windmill, recently restored, in A-dos-Ruivos |
A-dos-Ruivos
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