Municipality of La Floresta | |
Official Name: | Municipality of La Floresta |
Native Name: | Municipio de La Floresta |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Map Alt: | Map of the Municipality of La Floresta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uruguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Canelones |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 15 March 2010 |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | La Floresta |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 7310 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 65.5 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Duilio Erramouspe (FA) |
Timezone1: | UTC-3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Constituencies |
Blank Info Sec1: | CLB, CLC |
The municipality of La Floresta is one of the municipalities of Canelones Department, Uruguay, established on 15 March 2010. Its seat is the city of La Floresta.
The municipality was created by the provision of Law No. 18653 of 15 March 2010, as part of Canelones Department, and it includes the CLB and CLC constituencies.[1] [2]
The municipality lies at the southeast side of the Canelones Department. The main activity of the municipality is tourism, as it is made up of a chain of spas on the Río de la Plata.[3]
Its area is 65.5 km².[4] The census localities that make it up, had a population of 7,310 inhabitants, in 2011.[5]