Alentejo Central

Map showing the location of the Alentejo Central intermunicipal community (in southernmost red)
Map showing the location of the Alentejo Central subregion

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009.[1] The seat of the intermunicipal community is Évora, the main city. Other cities are Estremoz, Montemor-o-Novo, Vendas Novas and Reguengos de Monsaraz. Alentejo Central is coterminous with the former Évora District. The population in 2011 was 166,726,[2] in an area of 7,393.46 km².[3]

Alentejo Central is also a NUTS3 subregion of Alentejo Region, in Portugal. The subregion Alentejo Central covers the same area as the intermunicipal community, but including the municipality Sousel (Alto Alentejo intermunicipal community), and excluding the municipality Mora. As of 2011, the subregion had a population of 166,822[2] and a total area of 7,229 km².[3]

Municipalities

The CIM Alentejo Central is composed of 14 municipalities:[4]

MunicipalityPopulation (2011)[2]Area (km²)[3]
Alandroal5,843542.68
Arraiolos7,363683.75
Borba7,333145.19
Estremoz14,318513.80
Évora56,5961307.08
Montemor-o-Novo17,4371232.97
Mora4,978443.95
Mourão2,663278.63
Portel6,428601.01
Redondo7,031369.51
Reguengos de Monsaraz10,828464.00
Vendas Novas11,846222.39
Viana do Alentejo5,743393.67
Vila Viçosa8,319194.86
Total166,7267,393.46

References

  1. ↑ CIM Alentejo Central Archived 2014-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 3 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. 1 2 3 Direção-Geral do Território
  4. ↑ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

Coordinates: 38°34′N 7°54′W / 38.567°N 7.900°W / 38.567; -7.900

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