Beiras e Serra da Estrela


The Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela is an administrative division in eastern Portugal. It was created in 2013. Since January 2015, Beiras e Serra da Estrela is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Guarda. Beiras e Serra da Estrela comprises parts of the former districts of Guarda and Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 236,023, in an area of 6,304.95 km².

Municipalities

The intermunicipal community of Beiras e Serra da Estrela consists of 15 municipalities:
MunicipalityPopulation Area
Almeida7,242517.98
Belmonte6,859118.76
Celorico da Beira7,693247.22
Covilhã51,797555.60
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo6,260508.57
Fornos de Algodres4,989131.45
Fundão29,213700.20
Gouveia14,046300.61
Guarda42,541712.10
Manteigas3,430121.98
Mêda5,202286.05
Pinhel9,627484.52
Sabugal12,544822.70
Seia24,702435.69
Trancoso9,878361.52
Total236,0236,304.95

Cities

The following localities are cities : Covilhã, Fundão, Gouveia, Guarda , Mêda, Trancoso, Sabugal and Seia.