Cávado (intermunicipal community)

Map showing the location of the **Cávado** subregion

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Cávado is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It was created in 2008.^[1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Norte Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Braga. Cávado comprises part of the former Braga District. The population in 2011 was 410,169,^[2] in an area of 1,245.79 km²,^[3] which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal.

Its name is derived from the Cávado River that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the Ave Subregion and Grande Porto Subregion to the south, Tâmega Subregion e Alto Trás-os-Montes Subregion to the east, Minho-Lima Subregion to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

Municipalities

It is composed of six municipalities:^[4]

Municipality	Population (2011)^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]
Amares	18,889	81.95
Barcelos	120,391	378.90
Braga	181,494	183.40
Esposende	34,254	95.41
Terras de Bouro	7,253	277.46
Vila Verde	47,888	228.67
Total	410,169	1,245.79

References

^ CIM Cávado
^ ^a ^b Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ ^a ^b Direção-Geral do Território^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

External links

Official website CIM Cávado

41°32′39″N 8°25′19″W / 41.54417°N 8.42194°W / 41.54417; -8.42194

[1] CIM Cávado

[ine-2] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-3] Direção-Geral do Território^{[permanent dead link]}

[law75-4] "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

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