The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Beira Baixa () is an administrative division in eastern

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 October 2013 out of the former ''Comunidade Intermunicipal da Beira Interior Sul'', created in March 2009. Since January 2015, Beira Baixa 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

Centro Region The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, ...

, 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 Castelo Branco. Beira Baixa comprises a large part of the Castelo Branco District. The population in 2011 was 89,063,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 4,614.64 km².

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Beira Baixa consists of 6 municipalities:

References

External links

Official website CIM Beira Baixa
{{Regions of Portugal Intermunicipal communities of Portugal Centro Region, Portugal