Beira Baixa (intermunicipal community)

Beira Baixa
Intermunicipal community
Coordinates: 39.82°N 7.50°W / 39.82; -7.50
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Established	2013
Seat	Castelo Branco
Municipalities	6
Area
• Total	4,614.64 km^2 (1,781.72 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	89,063
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cimbb.pt

The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Beira Baixa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɐjɾɐ ˈbajʃɐ]) is an administrative division in eastern Portugal. It was created in October 2013 out of the former Comunidade Intermunicipal da Beira Interior Sul, created in March 2009.^[1] Since January 2015, Beira Baixa is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.^[2] The seat of the intermunicipal community is Castelo Branco. Beira Baixa comprises a large part of the Castelo Branco District. The population in 2011 was 89,063,^[3] in an area of 4,614.64 km².^[4]

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Beira Baixa consists of 8 municipalities:^[5]

Municipality	Population (2011)[3]	Area (km²)[4]
Castelo Branco	56,109	1438.19
Idanha-a-Nova	9,716	1416.34
Oleiros	5,721	471.09
Penamacor	5,682	563.71
Proença-a-Nova	8,314	395.40
Sertã
Vila de Rei
Vila Velha de Ródão	3,521	329.91
Total	89,063	4,614.64

References

1. CIM Beira Baixa
2. Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
3. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
5. "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 19 August 2014.

External links

• Official website CIM Beira Baixa