Foz

This article is about the town in Galicia, Spain. For other uses, see Foz (disambiguation).

Foz
Municipality
Flag of Foz
Flag
Coat of arms of Foz
Coat of arms
Location of Foz
Location of Foz
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
ProvinceLugo
ComarcaA Mariña Central
Government
 • AlcaldeJavier Jorge Castiñeira (PP)
Demonym(s)Focego/focega, Focense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
27780
WebsiteOfficial website

Foz[1] (Galician pronunciation: [fɔθ]) is a town and municipality in the A Mariña Central comarca in the Galician province of Lugo. It has been historically linked to the Ancient Province of Mondoñedo and also linked to the arrival of Briton immigrants during the Dark Ages (5th and 6th centuries) fleeing by sea from the British Isles (see Bishop Maeloc, Britonia and San Martiño de Mondoñedo). It has 9800 inhabitants. It borders the coastal municipalities of Burela and Barreiros, and the inland municipalities of Lourenzá, Mondoñedo, O Valadouro, Alfoz, and Cervo.

Foz is a coastal town on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea at the mouth of the river Masma, which forms the Foz estuary, with an approximate area of 100 km².

Although Foz was previously a fishing village, most of its economic resources now come from tourism.

  1. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (ed.). "Decreto 6/2000, de 7 de enero, por el que se aprueba el nomenclátor correspondiente a las entidades de población de la provincia de Lugo".