Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community) explained

Type:CIM
Alto Alentejo
Coordinates:39.29°N -7.43°W
Region:Alentejo
Seat:Portalegre
Area Total Km2:6,084.34
Population Total:118,506
Population As Of:2011
Established Date:2009
Municipalities:15

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo (pronounced as /pt/; English: Upper Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009.[1] The seat of the intermunicipal community is Portalegre. Alto Alentejo is coterminous with the former Portalegre District. The population in 2011 was 118,506,[2] in an area of 6,084.34 km2.[3] Together with Alentejo Central it covers the area of the former Alto Alentejo Province. With Ponte de Sor the intermunicipal community also includes one municipality that lies in the area of the former Ribatejo Province.

Alto Alentejo is also a NUTS3 subregion of Alentejo Region, in Portugal. Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.[4]

Municipalities

The CIM Alto Alentejo is composed of 15 municipalities:[5]

Municipality Population (2011)Area (km2)
Alter do Chão3,562 362.07
Arronches3,165 314.65
Avis4,571 605.97
Campo Maior8,456 247.20
Castelo de Vide3,407 264.91
Crato3,708 398.07
Elvas23,078 631.29
Fronteira3,410 248.60
Gavião4,132 294.59
Marvão3,512 154.90
Monforte3,329 420.25
Nisa7,450 575.68
Ponte de Sor16,722 839.71
Portalegre24,930 447.14
Sousel5,074 279.32
Total118,5066,084.34

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cimaa.pt/cimaa/estatutos?showall=&start=6 CIM Alto Alentejo
  2. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . 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_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
  4. https://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=227154766&att_display=n&att_download=y Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
  5. Web site: Law nr. 75/2013. 18 August 2014. Diário da República. Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Portuguese.