Região de Coimbra


The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in October 2013, replacing the previously existing Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra. Since January 2015, Região de Coimbra is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. The main city and seat of the intermunicipal community is Coimbra. The population in 2011 was 460,139, in an area of 4,335.57 km².

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Região de Coimbra consists of 19 municipalities:
MunicipalityPopulation Area
Arganil12,145332.84
Cantanhede36,595390.88
Coimbra143,396319.40
Condeixa-a-Nova17,078138.67
Figueira da Foz62,125379.05
Góis4,260263.30
Lousã17,604138.40
Mealhada20,428110.66
Mira12,465124.03
Miranda do Corvo13,098126.38
Montemor-o-Velho26,171228.96
Mortágua9,607251.18
Oliveira do Hospital20,855234.52
Pampilhosa da Serra4,481396.46
Penacova15,251216.73
Penela5,983134.80
Soure19,245265.06
Tábua12,071199.79
Vila Nova de Poiares7,28184.45
Total460,1394,335.57

The territory of the Região de Coimbra equals that of the former Coimbra District, enlarged with the municipalities Mealhada and Mortágua.

Cities within Coimbra Region

The main cities are Cantanhede, Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Mealhada, Oliveira do Hospital. The principal harbour is in Figueira da Foz.