Alto Trás-os-Montes
NUTS III Subregion in Norte, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alto Trás-os-Montes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaltu ˌtɾaz uʒ ˈmõtɨʃ]), or Nordeste Transmontano, is a former NUTS-level 3 subregion of the Norte Region of Portugal. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.[2] Its 15 municipalities occupied an area of 8,168 km2 (3,154 sq mi) in the north-east of continental Portugal with an estimated 2008 population of 214,460 inhabitants; thus it constituted approximately 40% of the area, but only 6.1% of the population, of the Norte Region.
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Alto Trás-os-Montes | |
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NUTS III Subregion | |
Etymology: alto trás-os-montes, Portuguese for high behind-the-mountains | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Norte |
Abolished | 2015 |
Municipalities | Alfândega da Fé, Boticas, Bragança, Chaves, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Miranda do Douro, Mirandela, Mogadouro, Montalegre, Murça, Valpaços, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vimioso, Vinhais |
Area | |
• Total | 8,171.62 km2 (3,155.08 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 214,460 |
• Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Area code | +351 |
ccTLD | .pt |
Demonym | Transmontanan |
Currency | Euro (€)[1] |
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
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