Lezíria do Tejo explained

Type:CIM
Lezíria do Tejo
Coordinates:39.23°N -8.68°W
Region:Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Seat:Santarém
Area Total Km2:4,274.98
Population Total:247,453
Population As Of:2011
Established Date:2008
Municipalities:11

The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Lezíria do Tejo (pronounced as /pt-PT/; "Tagus Floodplain") is an administrative division in Portugal. It was established as an Associação de Municípios in 1987, converted into a Comunidade Urbana in 2003, and converted into a Comunidade Intermunicipal in November 2008.[1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo.[2] The seat of the intermunicipal community is the city of Santarém. Lezíria do Tejo comprises municipalities of the former districts of Santarém and Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 247,453,[3] in an area of 4275km2.[4] In the past, the territory of this administrative division was roughly entirely set in the historic province of Ribatejo and had nothing to do with the historic province of Alentejo. Lezíria is the Portuguese word (from the Arabic الجزيرة, al-jazira, "the island") for floodplain or freshwater marsh. Tejo is the name of the main river in the region. The Lezíria is a well-renowned center of intensive farming, horse breeding and animal husbandry.

Municipalities

It is composed of 11 municipalities:[5]

Municipality Population (2011)Area (km2)
Almeirim23,376222.12
Alpiarça7,70295.36
Azambuja21,814262.66
Benavente29,019521.38
Cartaxo24,462158.17
Chamusca10,120746.01
Coruche19,9441115.72
Golegã[6] 5,91384.32
Rio Maior21,192272.76
Salvaterra de Magos22,159243.93
Santarém[7] 61,752552.54
Total247,4534,274.98

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.cimlt.eu/cimlt/quem-somos CIM Lezíria do Tejo
  2. Web site: Official Journal L 87/2023 . 2024-01-13 . eur-lex.europa.eu.
  3. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: Law nr. 75/2013. 14 August 2014. Diário da República. Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Portuguese.
  6. including the parish Pombalinho, that changed from the municipality of Santarém to Golegã in 2013
  7. excluding the parish Pombalinho