Figueira da Foz (), also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the

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, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the

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coast, it is located at the mouth of the

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, west of

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and sheltered by hills (

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), sharing about the same latitude with

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and

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. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 62,125, in an area of . The city of Figueira da Foz proper has a population of 46,600. It is the second largest city in the district of Coimbra. It is a coastal city with several beaches, summer and seaport facilities on the Atlantic Ocean coast. As a tourism city, it plays an important part in the centre of the country. A zone of legal gambling, one can find in Figueira one of the biggest

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s of the

– the Casino Figueira.

History

According to the legend, the place's name is due to a

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tree, which stood at the quay of Salmanha, where the fishermen used to tie up their boats. Foz means "place of discharge", often used at the point a river meets another body of water, specially where there is a clear energy or water flow clash. Some historical traces show that people were settling in this region since the

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age. The oldest known document, however, dates from the year 1096. In this, an abbot named Pedro donates estates, which belonged to the church of S. Julião, to the cathedral

Sé Velha of Coimbra The Old Cathedral of Coimbra ( pt, Sé Velha de Coimbra) is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King o ...

. Knowing the great importance rivers had in the development of cities and of ancient civilizations, the mouth of the Mondego must have played a central role in the fixation of men in this region and for the formation of settlements, which were the beginning of the city of Figueira da Foz. Figueira da Foz had a huge development during the 18th and 19th centuries due to the immense port movements and the expansion of the

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and cod drying industry, supplying the city with new communication routes, housing and other facilities. It was elevated to ''vila'' (small town) on 12 March 1771 and turned city (''cidade'') on 20 September 1882. Discovered as a sea resort by the end of the 19th century, it gained a great reputation in the 1920s and 1930s. The city had the Portuguese nickname of ''Rainha das Praias'' (Queen of the Beaches). The municipality has some noted landmarks like the Sotto Mayor Palace, the old fishing village of

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, the

– a small forested mountain by the Atlantic Ocean, several beaches, and its large seaside

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paved with typical

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. Figueira da Foz has several Churches, many of them in the rich Baroque style, a Municipal Museum with the archaeological, ethnographic and artistic collection, the Santa Catarina Fort and the old Buarcos Fortress, the ''Relógio Tower'' by the main sandy beach, several archaeological vestiges throughout the municipality, several Palaces and Manor Houses (like the Sotto Mayor Palace), as well as several green spaces and small gardens like those in the area of ''Abadias''.

Economy

The city is an important industrial centre, producing wood pulp and paper (

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, formerly and still commonly known as Soporcel, and Celbi, part of

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) and glass (Verallia, part of

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). It also has notable naval construction and fish industries. Until the turn of the 21st century, a factory of the CIMPOR Group was installed in the Mondego Cape ''(

Cabo Mondego Cabo Mondego is a cape located in central western Portugal bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is the westernmost point of the Serra da Boa Viagem and is located three kilometers north of Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), also known as Figueir ...

)''. The seaport and the fishing harbour are also important for its economy. With its old and renowned

(''Casino da Figueira''), the marina, several hotels, restaurants and other tourist facilities, Figueira is actually a very important Atlantic beach resort, in the center of Portugal's Silver Coast/''Costa de Prata''

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. A generally windy coastal area, its relatively cold seawaters are particularly renowned as a surf and

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hotspot in the same fashion as other places throughout the west coast of Portugal, such as Nazaré, Peniche or

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. In July and August, its main beaches are usually packed with beachgoers too.

Education

The city has well-equipped kindergartens, schools and high schools. It had two

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: the

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run univers ...

(Figueira da Foz branch) and the

Internacional University International University (Universidade Internacional) or UI for short, was a Portuguese state-approved and an accredited private research university with facilities in Lisbon and Figueira da Foz, which had been founded in 1984. It was compulsorily ...

(Figueira da Foz branch) but they were closed in 2009 due to lack of funds and academic integrity. The municipality of Figueira da Foz is served by the ancient

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and the

Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra The Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra (IPC - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra) is a public polytechnic institute of higher education in Coimbra, Portugal. It was created by decree of 1979, but its effective start up was only in 1988 through the cr ...

located 40 kilometers to the east of the city, in the district capital Coimbra.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (''

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''): * Alhadas * Alqueidão * Bom Sucesso *

Buarcos Buarcos is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) in Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,454,

* Ferreira-a-Nova * Lavos * Maiorca * Marinha das Ondas * Moinhos da Gândara * Paião * Quiaios * São Pedro * Tavarede * Vila Verde

Demographics

Geography

Figueira is about 40 kilometers west of Coimbra by the

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and less than 200 kilometers to the north of Lisbon, on the mouth of the

and at the foothills of the

(mountain). The

(cape) is inserted in the context of the Lusitanian Basin and is located on the western edge of the Serra da Boa Viagem (latitude 40º 11´ 3´´ N, longitude 08º 54´34´´W), approximately 6 km to the northwest of the city of Figueira da Foz proper. Classified as a Natural Monument since 2007, the cape is one of the most important testimonies for understanding the geological history of Portugal; represents, in a particularly complete way, some of the most important episodes in the history of the Earth that occurred during the Jurassic, for a time interval that is, approximately, between 185 and 140 million years, which justifies, at international level, the relevance of its classification, conservation and dissemination. The outcrop comprises a series of marine and fluvial-lake sediments that extend from the Upper Toarciano to the Titonian. This record, on some levels, is particularly continuous and rich in paleontological, sedimentological and paleomagnetic information, which are associated with exceptional observation conditions. It includes levels with the oldest footprints of megalosaurs (bipedal and carnivorous dinosaurs) described in Portugal and whose first reference dates from 1884.

Climate

Figueira da Foz has a

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(

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: ''Csb'') characterized by mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers. The annual average temperature is around and the annual average rainfall is about . The sea surface temperature varies from in January and February to in the August and September. In the summer afternoons moderate to (occasionally) strong north-westerly winds are common. Subtropical Storm Alpha, notable for being the only tropical or subtropical cyclone to make landfall in Portugal on record, made landfall at peak intensity in the general vicinity of the city on 18 September 2020. Figueira da Foz was, however, particularly hit hard when Storm (Hurricane) Leslie made landfall in mainland Europe right within the city on 13 October 2018.

Beaches of Figueira da Foz

*Praia da Figueira da Foz – Relógio – Praia da Bola de Nivea (Europe's widest urban beach) *Praia da Gala – Figueira da Foz (Cova Gala) *Praia da Murtinheira – Figueira da Foz *Praia do Cabo Mondego – Figueira da Foz *Praia da Leirosa – Figueira da Foz *Praia da Costa de Lavos – Figueira da Foz *Praia da Orbitur – Figueira da Foz *Praia da Cova – Cova Gala (Figueira da Foz) *Praia do Cabedelo – Figueira da Foz (Cova Gala) *Praia da Claridade – Figueira da Foz *Praia de Buarcos – Tamargueira (Figueira da Foz) e Plataforma (Figueira da Foz) *Praia do Vale do Emide – Figueira da Foz *Praia de Quiaios – Figueira da Foz (Quiaios)

Gallery

File:Praia de Quiaios.jpg, Beach in Quiaios File:20110909 P1080819 Figueira da Foz.jpg, Torre do Relógio, Figueira da Foz File:20110910 P1080881 Figueira da Foz.jpg, Castelo das Conchas File:FozMondego 03.JPG, Beach off the city File:Farol do Cabo Mondego.jpg, Farol do Mondego Lighthouse File:Ponte Galante (4954927154).jpg, Hotels in Figueira File:Centro de Artes e Espectáculos.jpg, Figueira da Foz Arts Centre File:PacosdoConcelho.jpg, Municipal Council File:20110910_P1080887_Casino_Oc%C3%A9ano._Figueira_da_Foz.jpg, One of the casinos in Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Sports

Figueira da Foz is home to Associação Naval 1º Maio, best known for its

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team which spent six seasons between 2005 and 2011 in the national top tier, the

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. The city is also the home of the basketball department of Ginásio Clube Figueirense which competes in the

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, adding rowing and swimming to their more notorious activities. The ''Tennis Club da Figueira da Foz'' was founded in 1917 and is still located next to the Santa Catarina Fort at the mouth of the Mondego River today. The city hosted the Mundialto international beachsoccer tournament from 1997 to 2004. International surf competitions frequently take place in Figueira like the World Surf Championship 2010 or the IFCA Slaloms Worlds 2008.

Transport

Road

Figueira da Foz is accessed by motorways A14, linking it to

and A1, and A17, linking it to Aveiro and A25 (reaching

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) to the north and

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and A8 to the south. As an alternative to tolled motorways, it is served by routes , linking Leiria to Gaia (near Porto), and , linking Figueira da Foz to Coimbra and , the toll-free alternative to A1. There are intercity bus services to Lisbon, Porto, Leiria, Aveiro and Viseu. There are also regional bus services to Coimbra and places in between.

Rail

The city is served by its own railway terminus, , with suburban trains linking it to Coimbra and some regional trains running along the Western Line, although there is no direct railway service to Lisbon or Porto. The closest station to be served by intercity railway services is , at the

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, 18 km to the east. , 36 km to the east, is the closest station serving high-speed

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trains. Both have scheduled links to Lisbon, Porto and other major cities across Portugal. , slightly closer at 32 km to the southeast, also serves Alfa Pendular trains, but there is no direct railway link between the two cities.

Water

Figueira da Foz has its own seaport, along river Mondego, featuring a marina, a container terminal and naval shipyards. In addition, there are facilities for watersports, in particular

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Air

The city does not have its own airport. The closest international airport to Figueira da Foz is

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(OPO), located 120 km to the north and offering several international destinations primarily in Europe, although

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(LIS), located 155 km to the south, offers more intercontinental destinations, in particular to North America, South America and Africa. The closest aerodrome handling private flights is Bissaya Barreto Aerodrome (CBP) in Coimbra, 32 km to the east, where the Aeroclube da Figueira da Foz is based. The closest runway capable of handling widebody aircraft is at

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in Leiria, some 40 km to the south, but it is home to the

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's jet fighter aircraft, making it difficult to convert the airbase to commercial aviation due to its strategic position in Portugal's defence system. An international airport in Figueira da Foz, the Silver Coast International Airport, was planned in the early 1990s, which was to be located in Lavos, 7 km south of the city centre—it has never been built.

International Relations

Figueira da Foz is twinned with: * Angoche,

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Notable people

* Lucrécia de Arriaga (1844–1927), the wife of

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, the first

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, thus the first

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, 1911 to 1915 * David de Souza, (Wiki PT) (1880-1918), composer, conductor and cellist * Luís Wittnich Carrisso (1886–1937), a botanist, professor at the

Carlos Galvão de Melo Carlos Galvão de Melo (4 August 1921 – 20 March 2008) was a Portuguese military officer from the Portuguese Air Force. Life Galvão de Melo was the eldest of nine children of António Augusto Ferreira de Melo, a merchant based in Mozamb ...

(1921–2008), a

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officer and politician *

João César Monteiro João César Monteiro Santos (2 February 1939, in Figueira da Foz – 3 February 2003, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic. Life and career João César Monteiro was born into a family with anti-clerical ...

(1939–2003), film director, actor, writer and film critic. *

João Mário Grilo João Mário Lourenço Bagão Grilo (born 8 November 1958) is a Portuguese film director, author and professor, born in Figueira da Foz. He attended economics at the University of Coimbra but dropped out. In 1983, he graduated in sociology at Lis ...

(born 1958), a film director, author and professor. * Afonso Cruz (born 1971), a Portuguese novelist, animator, illustrator and musician * Nuno Camarneiro (born 1977), a Portuguese novelist. * Marco Mendes (born 1978), a Portuguese artist and comic author. * Susana Guerra (born 1980), stage name '' Suzy'', singer, rep. for Portugal in

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* Rita Camarneiro (born 1988), TV presenter, actress and comedian. Rita Camarneiro, IMDb Database
retrieved 29 July 2021.

Sport

* José Bento Pessoa (1874–1954), a Portuguese record-winning cyclist. *

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(1931–2018), a Portuguese professional road cyclist. *

Ticha Penicheiro Patrícia Nunes "Ticha" Penicheiro, OIH (September 18, 1974) is a Portuguese sports agent and former basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the WNBA for most of her professional career. She was a four-time WNBA All-Star an ...

(born 1974), a sports agent and former WNBA basketball player *

Rui Cordeiro Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro (born 14 October 1976) is a Portuguese former rugby union footballer. He played as a prop. He has a degree in veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, manage ...

(born 1976), rugby union footballer *

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(born 1983), a retired footballer and coach with over 300 club caps. *

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(born 1984), a former footballer with 409 club caps and 57 for

References

External links

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