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Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste (; in English: Intermunicipal Community of the West) is an
/ref> in an area of . Caldas da Rainha serves as the seat of Oeste. The law establishing the framework for intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) on 27 August 2008. On 25 November 2008, the Associação de Municípios do Oeste (Association of Municipalities of the West), by the approval of the municipal assemblies ('' assembleias municipais'') of each of its constituent municipalities, converted itself into the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste. The law formally establishing the names, borders, and duties of the intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic on 12 September 2013. Oeste is the successor to Associação de Municípios do Oeste (Association of Municipalities of the West) and Comunidade Urbana do Oeste (Urban Community of the West; abbreviated ComUrb Oeste), which had been instituted on 29 March 2004. Oeste is coterminous with the statistical NUTS 3 within the NUTS II of Oeste e Vale do Tejo. The Oeste region is characterised by a coastal and rural influence. Horticulture is particularly important, especially the pear Rocha, the Alcobaça apple and the Óbidos and Alcobaça
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste is made up of twelve municipalities:
Comunidade Intermunicipal do OesteJornal Oeste Online
— online newspaper * — regional portal
OESTE.TV // Vídeo
— online "television" channel
Portal Oeste Digital
— portal operated by Associação de Municípios do Oeste
Região de Turismo do Oeste
— regional
administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
of Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
, located on the country's West and Tagus Valley. The population in 2011 was 362,540,Instituto Nacional de Estatística/ref> in an area of . Caldas da Rainha serves as the seat of Oeste. The law establishing the framework for intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) on 27 August 2008. On 25 November 2008, the Associação de Municípios do Oeste (Association of Municipalities of the West), by the approval of the municipal assemblies ('' assembleias municipais'') of each of its constituent municipalities, converted itself into the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste. The law formally establishing the names, borders, and duties of the intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic on 12 September 2013. Oeste is the successor to Associação de Municípios do Oeste (Association of Municipalities of the West) and Comunidade Urbana do Oeste (Urban Community of the West; abbreviated ComUrb Oeste), which had been instituted on 29 March 2004. Oeste is coterminous with the statistical NUTS 3 within the NUTS II of Oeste e Vale do Tejo. The Oeste region is characterised by a coastal and rural influence. Horticulture is particularly important, especially the pear Rocha, the Alcobaça apple and the Óbidos and Alcobaça
sour cherry
''Prunus cerasus'' (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is an Old World species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus ''Prunus subg. Cerasus, Cerasus'' (cherries). It has two main groups of cultivars: the dark-red Morello cherry and the lighter- ...
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Surfing, beaches, monumental heritage and geology make tourism an important economic activity in the region.
Municipalities
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste is made up of twelve municipalities:
References
External links
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste
— online newspaper * — regional portal
OESTE.TV // Vídeo
— online "television" channel
Portal Oeste Digital
— portal operated by Associação de Municípios do Oeste
Região de Turismo do Oeste
— regional
tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...
authority
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Oeste
Oeste e Vale do Tejo