Lezíria do Tejo

Map showing Lezíria do Tejo subregion.

The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Lezíria do Tejo (English: Tagus Floodplain) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was established as an Associação de Municípios in 1987, converted into a Comunidade Urbana in 2003, and converted into a Comunidade Intermunicipal in November 2008.[1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is the city of Santarém. Lezíria do Tejo comprises municipalities of the former districts of Santarém and Lisbon. Lezíria do Tejo belongs to the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Region for planning. The population in 2011 was 247,453,[2] in an area of 4,275 km².[3]

Municipalities

It is composed of 11 municipalities:[4]

Municipality Population (2011)[2] Area (km²)[3]
Almeirim23,376222.12
Alpiarça7,70295.36
Azambuja21,814262.66
Benavente29,019521.38
Cartaxo24,462158.17
Chamusca10,120746.01
Coruche19,9441115.72
Golegã[5]5,91384.32
Rio Maior21,192272.76
Salvaterra de Magos22,159243.93
Santarém[6]61,752552.54
Total247,4534,274.98

References

  1. ↑ CIM Lezíria do Tejo
  2. 1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. 1 2 Direção-Geral do Território
  4. ↑ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ including the parish Pombalinho, that changed from the municipality of Santarém to Golegã in 2013
  6. ↑ excluding the parish Pombalinho

External links

Coordinates: 39°14′N 8°41′W / 39.23°N 8.68°W / 39.23; -8.68



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/14/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.