Metropolitan areas in Portugal
(Redirected from
Grande Área Metropolitana
)The metropolitan area (
Viseu),[2] but a law passed in 2008 abolished these, converting them into intermunicipal communities, whose territories are (roughly) based on the NUTS III statistical regions.[4][2]
The branches of administration of the metropolitan area are the metropolitan council, the metropolitan executive committee and the strategic board for metropolitan development. The metropolitan council is composed of the presidents of the municipal chambers of the municipalities.[1]
List
The legal status of metropolitan area is held only by two:[1]
- Lisbon metropolitan area (Área Metropolitana de Lisboa)
- Porto metropolitan area (Área Metropolitana do Porto)
The OECD and
Functional Urban Areas
") based on commuting patterns.
| Rank | City name | Population[5] | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisbon | 3,008,000 | Lisbon |
| 2 | Porto | 1,758,531 | Norte |
| 3 | Coimbra | 264,656 | Centro |
| 4 | Braga | 247,719 | Norte |
| 5 | Funchal | 215,396 | Madeira |
| 6 | Guimarães | 176,206 | Norte |
| 7 | Aveiro | 141,577 | Centro |
| 8 | Ponta Delgada | 126,518 | Azores |
| 9 | Faro | 115,836 | Algarve |
| 10 | Viseu | 108,829 | Norte |
References
- ^ a b c "Law nr. 75/2013" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Fernanda Paula Oliveira (2009), The Evolution and Regulation of the Metropolitan Areas in Portugal at the Internet Archive PDF (677 kB)
- ^ "Law nr. 10/2003" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Law nr. 45/2008" (pdf). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ OECD (July 2022). "Portugal - Functional urban areas" (PDF).
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