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|official_name      = Buarcos
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|region             = [[Centro Region, Portugal|Centro]]
|CIM                = [[Região de Coimbra]]
|district           = [[Coimbra District|Coimbra]]
|municipality       = [[Figueira da Foz]]
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'''Buarcos''' is a ''[[freguesia]]'' (civil parish) in [[Figueira da Foz Municipality]], Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,454,<ref name=ine>[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal</ref> in an area of 15.53&nbsp;km².<ref name=dgt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
During the 1600s, the people of Buarcos were harassed by pirates and built the long fortification that stands to this day. It is a traditional fishing town that has grown also as a noted beach resort due to its natural landscape namely the beach which is sheltered from the strong northern winds by the Boa Viagem small mountain range (''Serra da Boa Viagem''). Many of its inhabitants still work in the fishing industry but tourism is also an important activity. It has hotels, seafood restaurants and bars with view over the bay and the extensive beach.
[[File:Praia de Buarcos (4954926438).jpg|thumb|right|350px|Buarcos Beach before a storm]]
In the 20th century Buarcos was a popular beach for Portuguese people from the entire [[Centro Region]] from [[Coimbra]] and beyond. In the 21st century Buarcos, like the entire region’s coastal beach locations, became a popular destination for a larger number of European travellers as well.
==References==
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[[Category:Freguesias of Figueira da Foz]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in Portugal]]
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