Buarcos
Buarcos is a freguesia in Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,454, in an area of 15.53 km². During the 1600s, the people of Buarcos were harassed by pirates and built the long fortification that stands to this day.Photo: 69joehawkins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 7,870 residents
- Description: civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Buarcos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pelourinho de Redondos and Pelourinho de Buarcos.
Castle of Redondos
Ruins
The Castle of Redondos is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Buarcos, in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portuguese Coimbra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tavarede and São Pedro.
Tavarede
Town
Photo: JJMM, Public domain.
Tavarede is a parish in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,441, in an area of 10.71 km2. Tavarede is situated 3 km east of Buarcos.
São Pedro
Town
Photo: Lampiao3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
São Pedro is a town, which is situated 4 km south of Buarcos.
Alhadas
Town
Photo: Joehawkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alhadas is a town in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,757, in an area of 31.84 km2. Alhadas is situated 8 km east of Buarcos.
Buarcos
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal, freguesia of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Buarcos, Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.16496° or 40° 9′ 54″ northLongitude
-8.8751° or 8° 52′ 30″ westPopulation
7,870Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8CGH547F+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2363891338OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2741961Wikidata ID
Q33790615
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Buarcos” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buarcos”
- Chechen: “Буаркуш”
- French: “Buarcos”
- French: “Freguesia de Buarcos”
- German: “Buarcos”
- German: “Freguesia de Buarcos”
- Kazakh: “Буаркуш”
- Portuguese: “Buarcos (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Buarcos”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Buarcos”
- Russian: “Буаркуш”
- Spanish: “Buarcos”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Buarcos”
- Tatar: “Буаркуш”
- Turkish: “Buarcos”
- Ukrainian: “Буаркуш”
- “Freguesia de Buarcos”
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