Peso da Régua, commonly known as Régua, is a city and municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2011 …Peso da Régua, commonly known as Régua, is a city and municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2011 was 17,131, in an area of 94.86 km² km². Historians have suggested that Peso da Régua was inhabited during the Roman, Suebi and Visigothic periods. There are competing theories over where the toponym "Peso da Régua" could have originated: Vila Reggula, the name of a Roman country estate; récua, a word for livestock, which may have crossed the Douro at this location; or reguengo a designation for lands that were owned by the crown. Peso da Régua could also have originated from the word regra, alluding to the hereditary rights of descendants achieved through forals. This theory is based on the donation of lands by Counts Henrique and Hugo in 1093, which were transferred to Egas Moniz. It is possible that this rule gave origin to the word Régoa, and later Régua. In regards to the word, Peso, there are two hypothesis on its origin: the location being where goods were weighted and taxed; or the place where animals were fed, Penso
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