The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Ave (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈavɨ]) is an administrative division in Portugal.

Ave comprises parts of the former districts of Braga and Vila Real.

Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.

[4] Ave is bordered to the north by Cávado, to the east by Alto Tâmega, to the southeast by Douro, to the south by Tâmega e Sousa and the southwest by the Metropolitan Area of Porto.

It is a densely populated area and one of the more industrialized in the country.