Alentejo Central
Intermunicipal community
Coordinates: 38°34′N 7°54′W / 38.567°N 7.900°W / 38.567; -7.900
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Established2009
SeatÉvora
Municipalities14
Area
 • Total7,393.46 km2 (2,854.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total166,726
 • Density23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cimac.pt

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈtɛʒu sẽˈtɾal]; English: Central Alentejo) 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. Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.[4]

Municipalities

The CIM Alentejo Central is composed of 14 municipalities:[5]

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 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. 1 2 "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  4. ↑ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
  5. ↑ "Law nr. 75/2013" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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