Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz | |
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| City of Figueira da Foz | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Figueira da Foz | |
Figueira da Foz Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 40°09′N 8°51′W / 40.150°N 8.850°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Região de Coimbra |
| District | Coimbra |
| Parishes | 14 |
| Government | |
| • President | Pedro Santana Lopes (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 379.05 km2 (146.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 62,125 |
| • Density | 163.90/km2 (424.49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | 24 June |
| Website | http://www.cm-figfoz.pt/ |
Figueira da Foz, officially the City of Figueira da Foz, often called simply Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km (25 mi) west of Coimbra and sheltered by hills (Serra da Boa Viagem), sharing about the same latitude with Philadelphia, Baku and Beijing. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 62,125, in an area of 379.05 km2 (146.35 sq mi). 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 casinos of the Iberian Peninsula – the Casino Figueira.