The Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela () 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 2013. Since January 2015, Beiras e Serra da Estrela is also a

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subregion of

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, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Guarda.Celorico News
Beiras e Serra da Estrela comprises parts of the former districts of Guarda and Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 236,023,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Beiras e Serra da Estrela consists of 15 municipalities:

Cities

The following localities are cities (cidades): Covilhã, Fundão, Gouveia, Guarda eat capital of the CIM Mêda, Trancoso, Sabugal and Seia.

References

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