The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Tâmega () is an administrative division in northern

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 ...

. It was created in 2014. Since January 2015, Alto Tâmega 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 Norte Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Chaves. Alto Tâmega comprises the northern part of the

Vila Real District The District of Vila Real ( pt, Distrito de Vila Real ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historical ...

. The population in 2011 was 94,143,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 2,921.91 km².

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Alto Tâmega consists of 6 municipalities:

References

External links

Official website CIM Alto Tâmega
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