The
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central () is an administrative division in
Portugal
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. It was created in 2009. The seat of the intermunicipal community is
Évora
Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District.
Due to its well-preserved old to ...
, the main city. Other cities are
Estremoz
Estremoz () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,318, in an area of 513.80 km². The city Estremoz itself had a population of 7,682 in 2001. It is located in the Alentejo region.
History
The region around Estremoz ...
,
Montemor-o-Novo
Montemor-o-Novo () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, in an area of 1232.97 km2. The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.
The present Mayor is OlÃmpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, ...
,
Vendas Novas
Vendas Novas () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,846, in an area of 222.39 km2. The city has 10,235 inhabitants.
The present Mayor is LuÃs Dias, elected by the Socialist Party. The munici ...
and
Reguengos de Monsaraz
Reguengos de Monsaraz () is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,828, in an area of 464.00 km2. The City of Reguengos de Monsaraz proper has a population of 7,308.
The present Mayor is José Calixto, el ...
. Alentejo Central is coterminous with the former
Évora District
Évora District ( pt, Distrito de Évora ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 14 municipalities:
* Alandroal
* Arraiolos
* Borba
* Estremoz
* Ã ...
. The population in 2011 was 166,726,
[Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica]
/ref> in an area of 7,393.46 km2.
Alentejo Central is also a NUTS3
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003 ...
subregion of Alentejo Region
Alentejo Region () is one of the seven NUTS 2 regions of Portugal. It covers all of the historical Alentejo Province and part of the historical Ribatejo and Estremadura provinces.
The greater region is defined within Portugal by the land bo ...
, in Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica, 18 March 2015
Municipalities
The CIM Alentejo Central is composed of 14 municipalities:
References
External links
Official website CIM Alentejo Central
Alentejo
Intermunicipal communities of Portugal
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