The
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho () is an administrative division in
northern Portugal. It is situated between the
Minho River
The Minho ( ; ) or Miño ( ; ; ; ) is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of . It forms a part of the international border between Spain and Portugal. By discharge volume, it is the fourth largest r ...
and
Lima River. It was created in October 2008. Since January 2015, Alto Minho is also the designation of a
NUTS3 subregion of
Norte Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.
Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The main town of the intermunicipal community is Viana do Castelo. The intermunicipal community is coterminous with the Viana do Castelo District. The population in 2011 was 244,836,[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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and to the south with the Cávado intermunicipal community. It is an area with a strong gastronomic identity and produces a specific type of wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
called Vinho Verde
Vinho Verde (; , nonliterally 'young wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho Province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho Pro ...
(young wine).
Municipalities
It is composed of ten municipalities:
References
External links
Official website CIM Alto Minho
{{Regions of Portugal
Intermunicipal communities of Portugal
Minho
Norte Region, Portugal