Médio Tejo (intermunicipal community)

Not to be confused with Médio Tejo Subregion.

Map showing the location of the Médio Tejo intermunicipal community (in light blue)

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Médio Tejo (English: Middle Tagus) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in December 2008, replacing the former Comunidade Urbane do Médio Tejo created in 2004.^[1] It takes its name from the river Tagus. 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,^[2] in an area of 3,344.31 km².^[3]

Municipalities

The CIM Médio Tejo is composed of 13 municipalities:^[4]

Municipality	Population (2011)^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]	NUTS III region
Abrantes	39,325	714.69	Médio Tejo
Alcanena	13,868	127.33	Médio Tejo
Constância	4,056	80.37	Médio Tejo
Entroncamento	20,206	13.73	Médio Tejo
Ferreira do Zêzere	8,619	190.38	Médio Tejo
Ourém	45,932	416.68	Médio Tejo
Sardoal	3,939	92.15	Médio Tejo
Tomar	40,677	351.20	Médio Tejo
Torres Novas	36,717	270.00	Médio Tejo
Vila Nova da Barquinha	7,322	49.53	Médio Tejo
Mação	7,338	399.98	Pinhal Interior Sul
Sertã	15,880	446.73	Pinhal Interior Sul
Vila de Rei	3,452	191.55	Pinhal Interior Sul
Total	247,331	3,344.31

References

↑ CIM Médio Tejo
1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
1 2 Direção-Geral do Território
↑ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

External links

CIM Médio Tejo Official Website

Statistical divisions of Portugal

Norte Region

Metropolitan areas	Porto

Intermunicipal communities	Alto Minho Alto Tâmega Ave Cávado Douro Tâmega e Sousa Terras de Trás-os-Montes

Centro Region

Intermunicipal communities	Beira Baixa Beiras e Serra da Estrela Médio Tejo Oeste Região de Aveiro Região de Coimbra Região de Leiria Viseu Dão Lafões

Lisboa Region

Metropolitan areas	Lisbon

Alentejo Region

Intermunicipal communities	Alentejo Litoral Alentejo Central Alto Alentejo Baixo Alentejo Lezíria do Tejo

Algarve Region

Intermunicipal communities	Algarve

Autonomous Regions

All these divisions are further subdivided into municipalities and parishes.

Coordinates: 39°36′N 8°25′W / 39.600°N 8.417°W / 39.600; -8.417

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