Alto Minho

Alto Minho
Alto Minho
Intermunicipal community
	Coordinates: 41°42′N 8°50′W / 41.700°N 8.833°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Established	2008
Seat	Viana do Castelo
Municipalities	10
Area
• Total	2,218.84 km2 (856.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	244,836
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cim-altominho.pt

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaltu ˈmiɲu]) is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It is situated between the Minho River and Lima River. It was created in October 2008.^[1] Since January 2015, Alto Minho is also the designation of a NUTS3 subregion of Norte Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.^[2] The main town of the intermunicipal community is Viana do Castelo. The intermunicipal community is coterminous with the Viana do Castelo District. The population in 2011 was 244,836,^[3] in an area of 2,218.84 km².^[4]

It borders to the north the Galicia autonomous region in Spain and to the south with the Cávado intermunicipal community. It is an area with a strong gastronomic identity and produces a specific type of wine called Vinho Verde (young wine).

Municipalities

It is composed of ten municipalities:^[5]

Municipality	Population (2084)^[3]	Area (km²)^[4]
Arcos de Valdevez	22,847	447.60
Caminha	16,684	136.52
Melgaço	9,213	238.25
Monção	19,230	211.31
Paredes de Coura	9,198	138.19
Ponte da Barca	12,061	182.11
Ponte de Lima	43,498	320.25
Valença	14,127	117.13
Viana do Castelo	88,725	319.02
Vila Nova de Cerveira	9,253	108.47
Total	244,836	2,218.84

References

^ CIM Alto Minho
^ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
^ ^a ^b Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ ^a ^b "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

External links

Official website CIM Alto Minho

[1] CIM Alto Minho

[2] Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015

[ine-3] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-4] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[law75-5] "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

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