The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Cávado () is an administrative division in northern

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. It was created in 2008. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Norte Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is

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, Norte. Cávado comprises part of the former Braga District. The population in 2011 was 410,169,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of , which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal. Currently, as of 2021, it has 416.679 inhabitants and a population density of 351 per square kilometres. Its name is derived from the Cávado River that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the intermunicipal community of Ave and the

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to the south, Alto Tâmega to the east,

Alto Minho The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho () is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It is situated between the Minho River and Lima River. It was created in October 2008. Since January 2015, Alto Minho is also a NUTS3 subregion of ...

to the north and the

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to the west.

Municipalities

It is composed of six municipalities:

References

External links

Official website CIM Cávado
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