Villa Alegre, Chile
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| Founded | May 6, 1891 |
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| Original Name | Villa Alegre | ||
| Region | Maule Region | ||
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190 km² | ||
| Population | 14,725 Inhabitants | ||
| Time zone | Santiago Time Zone, UTC- 4 | ||
| Telephone Prefix | (56)-73 | ||
| Gentilic | Villalegrinos | ||
| Mayor | Arturo Palma Vilches (PPD) (2004-2008) |
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Villa Alegre (Spanish for "joyous town") is the name of a municipality and city located in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. With 190 km², Villa Alegre is the smallest municipality by area in the Maule Region. The municipality population is 14,725 inhabitants and the urban population is 7,332 (2002 census). It sits 92 meters above sea level.
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[edit] History
Villa Alegre was founded on May 6, 1891 and was one of the first places in Chile to have an electric tramway service, in 1915.
[edit] Economy
Villa Alegre and its neighbor San Javier are traditional winemaking areas. The Loncomilla valley, which includes these two comunas, is endowed with some of the better vineyards and quality wines of the bountiful Maule Valley, in the Chile's central valley viticultural regions or appellations.
[edit] Local government
The mayor of Villa Alegre is Arturo Palma Vilches (PPD).
The municipal councillors are:
- María Ignacia González Torres (PDC)
- Héctor Del Tránsito Manosalva González (PRSD)
- Justo Rebolledo Araya (PS)
- Alvaro Dieguez Angulo (RN)
- Eduardo Bustamante Maureira (RN)
- Edgardo Bravo Rebolledo (RN)
[edit] Famous People born in Villa Alegre
- Juan Ignacio Molina, (Abate Molina): Jesuit priest, naturalist and scholar of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Malaquías Concha Ortiz, politician and social reformer.
