FIGUEIRA DA FOZ, or FIGUEIRA  , a seaport of central

Portugal, in the district of Coimbra, formerly included in the province of Beira; on the north bank of the river Mondego, at its mouth, and at the terminus of the Lisbon-Figueira and Guarda-Figueira railways . Pop . (1900) 6221 . Figueira da Foz is an important fishing-station, and one of the headquarters of the coasting trade in grain, fruit, wine, olive oil, cork and coal; but owing to the bar at the mouth of the Mondego large ships cannot enter . Glass is manufactured, and the city attracts many visitors by its excellent climate and sea-bathing . A residential suburb, the Bairro Novo, exists chiefly for their accommodation, to the north-west of the old town . Figueira is connected by a tramway running 4 M . N . W. with Buarcos (pop . 5033) and with the coal-mines of Cape Mondego . Lavos (pop . 7939), on the south bank of the Mondego, was the principal landing-place of the British troops which came, in 18o8, to take part in the Peninsular War .

Figueira da Foz received the

title and privileges of city by a decree dated the loth of September 1882 .