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

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. It was created in 2008. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Norte Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is

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, Norte. Cávado comprises part of the former

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. The population in 2011 was 410,169,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of , which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal. Currently, as of 2021, it has 416.679 inhabitants and a population density of 351 per square kilometres. Its name is derived from the

Cávado River The Cávado River (, ) is a river located in northern Portugal. It has its source in Serra do Larouco at an elevation of above sea level. It runs from Fonte da Pipa, near the triangulation station Larouco, to its mouth into the Atlantic Oce ...

that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the intermunicipal community of

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and the

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to the south,

Alto Tâmega The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Tâmega () is an administrative division in northern Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the west ...

to the east, Alto Minho to the north and the

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to the west.

Municipalities

It is composed of six municipalities:

References

External links

Official website CIM Cávado
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