Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community)

Map showing the location of the Alto Alentejo intermunicipal community
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo (English: High 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)[2] |
Area (km²)[3] |
---|---|---|
Alter do Chão | 3,562 | 362.07 |
Arronches | 3,165 | 314.65 |
Avis | 4,571 | 605.97 |
Campo Maior | 8,456 | 247.20 |
Castelo de Vide | 3,407 | 264.91 |
Crato | 3,708 | 398.07 |
Elvas | 23,078 | 631.29 |
Fronteira | 3,410 | 248.60 |
Gavião | 4,132 | 294.59 |
Marvão | 3,512 | 154.90 |
Monforte | 3,329 | 420.25 |
Nisa | 7,450 | 575.68 |
Ponte de Sor | 16,722 | 839.71 |
Portalegre | 24,930 | 447.14 |
Sousel | 5,074 | 279.32 |
Total | 118,506 | 6,084.34 |
References
^ CIM Alto Alentejo
^ ab Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ ab Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
^ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alto Alentejo. |
- Official website CIM Alto Alentejo
Coordinates: 39°17′N 7°26′W / 39.29°N 7.43°W / 39.29; -7.43
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