The
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo (;
English: ''Upper Alentejo'') is an administrative division in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
. It was created in 2009. The seat of the intermunicipal community is
Portalegre. Alto Alentejo is coterminous with the former
Portalegre District
Portalegre District ( pt, Distrito de Portalegre ) is located in the east of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Portalegre.
As of 2021, it is the least populous district of Portugal.
Municipalities
The district is composed of 15 mu ...
. The population in 2011 was 118,506,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 6,084.34 km². 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
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 bor ...
, in Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
. 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 Estatística Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portuguese for "National Institute for Statistics") may refer to:
* Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde) - the national statistical agency of Cape Verde
* Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Mozambique) ...
, 18 March 2015
Municipalities
The CIM Alto Alentejo is composed of 15 municipalities:
References
External links
Official website CIM Alto Alentejo
{{Regions of Portugal
Intermunicipal communities of Portugal