Intermunicipal community in Norte, Portugal
TheComunidade Intermunicipal do Cávado (European Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈkavɐðu]) is an administrative division in northernPortugal. It was created in 2008.[1] It is also aNUTS3 subregion of theNorte Region.[2] The seat of the intermunicipal community isBraga,Norte. Cávado comprises part of the formerBraga District. The population in 2011 was 410,169,[3] in an area of 1,245.79 square kilometres (481.00 mi2),[4] which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal. Currently, as of 2021, it has 416.679 inhabitants[5] and a population density of 351 per square kilometres.
Its name is derived from theCávado River that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the intermunicipal community ofAve and theMetropolitan Area of Porto to the south,Alto Tâmega to the east,Alto Minho to the north and theAtlantic Ocean to the west.
It is composed of six municipalities:[6]
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