The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈdoɾu] ) is an administrative division in Portugal . It replaced the Comunidade Urbana do Douro , created in 2004. It takes its name from the Douro River . The seat of the intermunicipal community is Vila Real . Douro comprises parts of the former districts of Bragança , Guarda , Vila Real and Viseu . The population in 2011 was 205,157, in an area of 4,031.58 square kilometres (1,556.60 sq mi).
9-620: Douro is also a NUTS3 subregion of Norte Region . Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. Its economic activity is largely centered on the production of wine , particularly port , and also non- fortified Douro wine from the Douro DOC wine region. The entire region is mountainous and crossed by steep valleys. The CIM Douro is composed of 19 municipalities: The main rivers are Douro River , Corgo River , Tua River and Sabor River . There
18-858: Is an airport at Vila Real: Aerodromo de Vila Real/ Douro [VRL]. The Douro railway line was completed in 1887. The narrow gauge branch lines in the area (such as the Corgo line ) are now all closed. The main monuments are the cathedral and Mateus Palace in Vila Real, and the Remedios and Sé/cathedral in Lamego. The Alto Douro Wine Region and the Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley are both classified by UNESCO as heritage sites. The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
27-463: Is situated in Vila Real. NUTS3 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS ( French : Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques ) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European Union , and thus only covers
36-413: Is too small or too large, a second and/or third level is created. This may be on the first level (ex. France, Italy, Greece, and Spain), on the second (ex. Germany) and/or third level (ex. Belgium). In countries with small populations, where the entire country would be placed on the NUTS 2 or even NUTS 3 level (ex. Luxembourg, Cyprus), the regions at levels 1, 2 and 3 are identical to each other (and also to
45-891: Is used for the upper level. Where the subdivision has more than nine entities, capital letters are used to continue the numbering. Below the three NUTS levels are local administrative units (LAUs). A similar statistical system is defined for the candidate countries and members of the European Free Trade Association , but they are not part of NUTS governed by the regulations. The current NUTS classification, dated 21 November 2016 and effective from 1 January 2018 (now updated to current members as of 2020 ), lists 92 regions at NUTS 1 , 244 regions at NUTS 2, 1215 regions at NUTS 3 level, and 99,387 local administrative units (LAUs). Not all countries have every level of division, depending on their size. For example, Luxembourg and Cyprus only have local administrative units (LAUs);
54-548: The EU member states in detail. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is instrumental in the European Union's Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund delivery mechanisms and for locating the area where goods and services subject to European public procurement legislation are to be delivered. For each EU member country, a hierarchy of three NUTS levels is established by Eurostat in agreement with each member state;
63-437: The entire country), but are coded with the appropriate length codes levels 1, 2 and 3. The NUTS system favors existing administrative units, with one or more assigned to each NUTS level. Specific guidelines are based in population, leaving little or no role for other types of variables such as area, distance, topography, levels of jurisdiction or history, which can only be considered in (unspecified) types of special cases. From
72-432: The subdivisions in some levels do not necessarily correspond to administrative divisions within the country. A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, as abbreviated in the European Union 's Interinstitutional Style Guide. The subdivision of the country is then referred to with one number. A second or third subdivision level is referred to with another number each. Each numbering starts with 1, as 0
81-477: The three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself. Metropolitan Cities i: ∪ of counties ; or ii: individual counties ; or iii: ∪ of districts in Greater London . [ ∪ ] NUTS regions are generally based on existing national administrative subdivisions. In countries where only one or two regional subdivisions exist, or where the population of existing subdivisions
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