Alentejo Central

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈtɛʒu sẽˈtɾaɫ]) 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
Intermunicipal community
Coordinates: 38°34′N 7°54′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Established	2009
Seat	Évora
Municipalities	14
Area
• Total	7,393.46 km^2 (2,854.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	166,726
• Density	23/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cimac.pt

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]

Municipality	Population (2011)[2]	Area (km²)[3]
Alandroal	5,843	542.68
Arraiolos	7,363	683.75
Borba	7,333	145.19
Estremoz	14,318	513.80
Évora	56,596	1307.08
Montemor-o-Novo	17,437	1232.97
Mora	4,978	443.95
Mourão	2,663	278.63
Portel	6,428	601.01
Redondo	7,031	369.51
Reguengos de Monsaraz	10,828	464.00
Vendas Novas	11,846	222.39
Viana do Alentejo	5,743	393.67
Vila Viçosa	8,319	194.86
Total	166,726	7,393.46

References

1. CIM Alentejo Central Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
3. "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.

External links

• Official website CIM Alentejo Central