The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Cávado is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It was created in 2008.[1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Norte Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Braga. Cávado comprises part of the former Braga District. The population in 2011 was 410,169,[2] in an area of 1,245.79 km²,[3] which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal.
Its name is derived from the Cávado River that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the Ave Subregion and Grande Porto Subregion to the south, Tâmega Subregion e Alto Trás-os-Montes Subregion to the east, Minho-Lima Subregion to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Municipalities
It is composed of six municipalities:[4]
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