URGEIRIA

uranium mine and village, Viseu distrito (district), north-central Portugal. It lies south of Viseu town near the Mondego River. Although the deposits are small, the uranium extracted there in the late 1970s and early '80s was nevertheless significant enough to make Portugal a net exporter of uranium. A health spa frequented for the treatment of skin and respiratory diseases is at nearby Caldas de Felgueira. Pop. (1981 prelim.) 567.