Buarcos

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Buarcos

Land area12.14 km²

Coordinates40.16°, -8.88°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Buarcos is a freguesia in Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,454, in an area of 15.53 km².

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1984)

Afonso Cruz

Portuguese musician

Alves Barbosa

Portuguese road bicycle racer (1931–2018)

Ticha Penicheiro

Portuguese basketball player

António dos Santos Rocha

Portuguese archaeologist and prehistorian

Carlos Galvão de Melo

Portuguese military officer (1921-2008)

David de Sousa

Portuguese composer (1880–1918)

José Bento Pessoa

Portuguese bicycle racer

Jorge Pelicano

Portuguese screenwriter and cinematographer

E

Eduardo Nery

Portuguese writer and painter (1938-2013)

J

João Mário Grilo

Portuguese filmmaker

João Gaspar Simões

Portuguese writer and literary critic (1903-1987)

G

Gonçalo Cadilhe

Portuguese journalist

I

Isa Cardoso

Portuguese singer

Judah Leon Templo

German rabbi (1602-1675)

Joaquim de Carvalho

Portuguese philosopher (1892-1958)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Coimbra

• São Pedro
  2.6 mi away · pop. 2,588
• Brenha
  3.3 mi away
• Vila Verde
  4.7 mi away
• Maiorca
  6.3 mi away
• Santana
  7.8 mi away
• Abrunheira
  8.5 mi away
• Ferreira-a-Nova
  8.7 mi away
• Verride
  9.2 mi away
• Gatões
  9.6 mi away
• Vila Nova da Barca
  10.2 mi away
• Seixo de Gatões
  11.2 mi away
• Brunhós
  11.3 mi away

Browse all places in Coimbra →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-10-15

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-10-15

Stemphylium vesicarium

Stemphylium vesicarium

Seen 2026-10-13

Andropogon false-smut

Epicoccum andropogonis

Seen 2026-10-12

Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

Seen 2026-10-11

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-11

Argentine Ant

Linepithema humile

Seen 2026-10-11

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-10-11

Milk Snail

Otala lactea

Seen 2026-10-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).