Oeste (intermunicipal community)

Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste (pronounced [ɔˈɛʃtɨ]; in English: Intermunicipal Community of the West)[1] is an administrative division of Portugal, located on the country's West and Tagus Valley.

The population in 2011 was 362,540,[2] in an area of 2,220.16 square kilometres (857.21 sq mi).

[1] The law establishing the framework for intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) on 27 August 2008.

[5] The law formally establishing the names, borders, and duties of the intermunicipal communities and metropolitan areas was approved by the Assembly of the Republic on 12 September 2013.

Surfing, beaches, monumental heritage and geology make tourism an important economic activity in the region.

Headquarters of Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste, originally built for Associação de Municípios do Oeste. Rio Maior , whose name appeared on the façade when the photo was taken, did not join the successor entities.