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Foz do Douro
Civil parish
Coat of arms of Foz do Douro
Coordinates: 41°09′00″N 8°40′01″W / 41.150°N 8.667°W / 41.150; -8.667
CountryFoz do Douro Portugal
RegionNorte
Metropolitan areaPorto
DistrictPorto
MunicipalityPorto
Disbanded2013
Area
 • Total1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total10,997
 • Density5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
The Felgueiras Lighthouse is situated at the edge of the mouth of the river Douro and the Atlantic coastline of Foz do Douro

Foz do Douro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɔʒ ðu ˈðoɾu]; meaning "Mouth of the Douro") is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde.[1] The population in 2011 was 10,997,[2] in an area of 1.88 km2.[3] It became a parish in 1836. It is located in the western part of Porto, next to the mouth of the Douro river and the Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 99-100" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Eurostat Archived September 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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Foz do Douro

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Foz do Douro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɔʒ ðu ˈðoɾu]; meaning "Mouth of the Douro") is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal...

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Douro

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towns include Miranda do Douro, Foz Côa, Peso da Régua, Lamego, Vila Nova de Gaia, and Porto. The most populous cities along the Douro River are Valladolid...

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Felgueiras Lighthouse

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the right bank of the Douro River, at the point where the river meets the ocean. It is situated in the parish of Foz do Douro, in the Porto municipality...

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Aldoar

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Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde. The population in 2011 was 12,843, in an area of 2.41 km²...

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Oporto British School

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Oporto British School (OBS) is a British school established in 1894 in Foz do Douro, Porto, Portugal. It is the oldest British school in mainland Europe...

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Trams in Porto

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follows the northern bank of the Douro River from Infante, via Alfândega and Massarelos, to Passeio Alegre in Foz do Douro. This line is heavily used by...

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Porto

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(freguesias): Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde Bonfim Campanhã Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos...

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List of lighthouses in Portugal

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(Porto, Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde) Farolim do Molhe Norte do Porto da Póvoa de Varzim (Póvoa de Varzim) Farolim do Molhe Sul do Porto da Póvoa de...

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Lordelo do Ouro

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city of Porto to the sea coast to the West, expanding the parish of Foz do Douro as a paradise for wealthy people. This development continued and was...

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Fountain of Passeio Alegre

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Passeio Alegre (Portuguese: Chafariz do Passeio Alegre) is a fountain located in civil parish of Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde, municipality of Porto...

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Summer architecture

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tastes across Portugal's other coastal regions, namely Figueira da Foz and Foz do Douro. Sea bathing was already becoming popular in Portugal in the mid-1850s...

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Manuel de Arriaga

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Arriaga had married Lucrécia Augusta de Brito de Berredo Furtado de Melo (Foz do Douro, Porto, 13 November 1844 – Parede, Oeiras, 14 October 1927), from a family...

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2026 Portuguese presidential election

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(2019–2023) Tiago Mayan – incumbent President of the Parish of Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde since 2021; presidential candidate in the previous election...

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Pocinho

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Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line...

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List of castles in Portugal

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Valença do Douro (Valença do Douro, Tabuaço) Castle of Vila Flor (Vila Flor e Nabo, Vila Flor) Castle of Vila Nova de Foz Côa (Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Vila...

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Geology of the Iberian Peninsula

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and are orthogneiss and paragneiss. These are found near Foz do Douro, and Miranda do Douro. Above this are schists or shales with beds of turbidites...

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Linha do Tua

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Somague (18 February 2011). "Foz Tua Dam - Laying of the first stone" (Press release). "Linha do Tua encerrada por ordem do Governo" [Tua line closed by...

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