Região de Aveiro
Intermunicipal community
Coordinates: 40°38′N 8°38′W / 40.63°N 8.63°W / 40.63; -8.63
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Established2008
SeatAveiro
Municipalities11
Area
 • Total1,692.86 km2 (653.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total370,394
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.regiaodeaveiro.pt

The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Aveiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w dɨ aˈvɐjɾu]; English: Aveiro Region) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in October 2008,[1] replacing the previously existing Greater Metropolitan Area of Aveiro. Since January 2015, Região de Aveiro is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.[2] The main city and seat of the intermunicipal community is Aveiro. The population in 2011 was 370,394,[3] in an area of 1,692.86 square kilometres (653.62 sq mi).[4]

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Região de Aveiro is subdivided into 11 municipalities:[5]

MunicipalityPopulation (2011)[3]Area (km2)[4]
Águeda47,729335.27
Albergaria-a-Velha25,252158.83
Anadia29,150216.63
Aveiro78,450197.58
Estarreja26,997108.17
Ílhavo38,59873.48
Murtosa10,58573.09
Oliveira do Bairro23,02887.32
Ovar55,398147.70
Sever do Vouga12,356129.88
Vagos22,851164.92
Total370,3941,692.86

References

  1. ↑ Região de Aveiro
  2. ↑ Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
  3. 1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. 1 2 Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  5. ↑ "Law nr. 75/2013" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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