{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision |type = parish |official_name = Foz do Douro |image_shield = PRT-fozdouro.png |image_location = LocalFregPorto-FozDoDouro.svg |region = Norte |metro = Porto |district = Porto |municipality = Porto |coordinates = {{coord|41.150|N|8.667|W|region:PT_source:enwiki-uniquenames|display=it}} |area_total = 1.88 |population_total = 10997 |population_as_of = 2011 |dissolved = 2013 |footnotes = }} [[File:Felgueiras Lighthouse Storm.jpg|thumb|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''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈfɔʒ ðu ˈðo(w)ɾu}}; 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 99-100|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=29 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}</ref> The population in 2011 was 10,997,<ref>[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]</ref> in an area of 1.88 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906094624/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls |date=September 6, 2014 }}</ref> 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.
== History == The first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, donated a chapel in São João da Foz in 1145. In the 13th century the chapel became part of the Benedictine monastery of Santo Tirso. The borders of the parish, called Couto da Foz, were limited by the city of Bouças (Matosinhos) in the north and Porto, to the east.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://portoby.livrarialello.pt/en/ir-banhos-na-foz-epoca-estival-esta-ai-apelo-da-praia/|title=Going to the seaside at Foz - The summer time and the appeal of the beach - Porto by Livraria Lello|date=2017-07-03|work=Porto by Livraria Lello|access-date=2017-09-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
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