The Coimbra Region CIM is an intermunicipal community that includes the municipalities of Arganil, Cantanhede, Coimbra, Condeixa-a-Nova, Figueira da Foz, Góis, Lousã, Mealhada, Mira, Miranda do Corvo, Montemor-o-Velho, Mortágua, Oliveira do Hospital, Pampilhosa da Serra, Penacova, Penela, Soure, Tábua, Vila Nova de Poiares, established under Law No. 75/2013 of September 12.
CIM Região de Coimbra has been testing a new approach to regional development based on a supra-municipal strategy that, while respecting the political autonomy of each municipality, allows for a stronger intervention with economic, social and cultural agents in order to enhance the values of the region and assert it in the national context.