 With the urban enlargement of Póvoa de Varzim and the town's growth (disputing it with Barcelos), Argivai was reduced in size in 1707.Its remaining territory was finally incorporated in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim in 1836, as the civil parish of Argivai.The civil parish was extinct and incorporated in the parish of Póvoa de Varzim in 1842, but it was recovered by 1853.