The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Médio Tejo (; English: ''Middle

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to ...

'') 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 December 2008, replacing the former ''Comunidade Urbana do Médio Tejo'' created in 2004. It takes its name from the river

. Médio Tejo is also a NUTS 3 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, ...

: since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion has covered the same area as the intermunicipal community.

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) ...

Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Tomar. Médio Tejo comprises parts of the former districts of Santarém and Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 247,331,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of .

Municipalities

The CIM Médio Tejo is composed of 13 municipalities:

Gallery

Centro Geodésico de Portugal.jpg, Geodesic Center of Portugal Santuario de Fátima. Portugal (cropped).jpg, Sanctuary of Fátima Castelo de Almourol (36705189581).jpg,

Castle of Almourol The Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River, located in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, from the municipal seat of Vila Nova da Barquinha, in Portugal's Centre Region. The cast ...

Convento de Cristo - Tomar - Portugal (33008466760).jpg, Convent of Christ Barragem de Castelo de Bode - Portugal (14198783948).jpg, Castelo de Bode Dam and

Zêzere River The Zêzere () is a river in Portugal, tributary to the Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, ...

Castelo de Torres Novas.jpg, Castle of Torres Novas

References

External links

CIM Médio Tejo Official Website
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