Intermunicipal communities of Portugal

Intermunicipal communities () are a type of administrative division in Portugal. Since the 2013 local government reform, there are 21 intermunicipal communities. They replaced the urban communities, the intermunicipal communities for general purposes and some metropolitan areas that were created in 2003,Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), and abolished in 2008. The territories of the intermunicipal communities are the basis of the NUTS III statistical regions.

The branches of administration of the intermunicipal community are the intermunicipal assembly, the intermunicipal council, the intermunicipal executive secretariat and the strategic board for intermunicipal development. The intermunicipal assembly is composed of elected members of the municipal assemblies of the municipalities. The intermunicipal council is composed of the presidents of the municipal chambers of the municipalities.

List The intermunicipal communities are: +CommunitySeatPopulationArea (km2)Alentejo CentralÉvora166,7267,393.46Alentejo LitoralGrândola97,9255,309.41AlgarveFaro467,4954,997Alto AlentejoPortalegre118,5066,084.34Alto MinhoViana do Castelo244,8362,218.84Alto Tâmega e BarrosoChaves94,1432,921.91Lisbon metropolitan areaLisbon3,005,1193,015.24Porto metropolitan areaPorto1,818,2172,040.31AveGuimarães425,4111,451.31Baixo AlentejoBeja126,6928,542.72Beira BaixaCastelo Branco89,0634,614.64Beiras e Serra da EstrelaGuarda236,0236,304.95CávadoBraga416,6791,245.79DouroVila Real205,1574,031.58Lezíria do TejoSantarém247,4534,275Médio TejoTomar247,3313,344.31OesteCaldas da Rainha362,5402,220.16Região de AveiroAveiro370,3941,692.86Região de CoimbraCoimbra460,1394,335.57Região de LeiriaLeiria294,6322,449.12Tâmega e SousaPenafiel432,9151,831.52Terras de Trás-os-MontesBragança117,5275,543.61Viseu Dão LafõesViseu267,6333,237.74

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