Empalme Olmos
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Coordinates: 34 ° 42 ′ S , 55 ° 54 ′ W Empalme Olmos on the map of Uruguay
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| Department | Canelones | |
| Residents | 4199 (2011) | |
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| height | 40 m | |
| Post Code | 15600 | |
| prefix | +598 2 | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Jorge Alvarez | |
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Empalme Olmos is a town in the Canelones Department in southern Uruguay .
Since 2010 the municipality (Municipio) Empalme Olmos, to which the place Olmos also belongs. 6,630 inhabitants live in the municipal area of 152.5 km².
geography
Empalme Olmos is located at an altitude of 40 m above sea level, 40 kilometers by road northeast of the state capital Montevideo , with which the place is connected via the Ruta 8 . The town of Pando , about 10 km to the south-west , and Atlántida in the south-east are in the vicinity .
history
The name of the city can be traced back to Octaviano Olmos, who provided the land for the railway connection. On November 3, 1952, Empalme Olmos was classified in the " Pueblo " category by Law 11.877 . The company Cerámicas Olmos (Metzen y Sena), founded on May 26, 1937 under the leadership of Carlos von Metzen von Bülow, Ricardo Rodolfo Bayer and his son Rodolfo Ricardo and employing more than 800 people, was located here until it closed in December 2009. On July 1, 2013, the company reopened and production resumed in the presence of President José Mujica .
Infrastructure
education
With the Liceo de Empalme Olmos founded in 1985, Empalme Olmos has a secondary school ( Liceo ).
traffic
Ruta 82 , which meets Ruta 8 in the south , runs through the village .
Residents
The city had 4,199 inhabitants at the last census conducted in 2011. For 2010, the Intendencia de Canelones stated a population of 5,497, which, however, deviates significantly from the values of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay .
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 1,973 |
| 1975 | 2,108 |
| 1985 | 3,144 |
| 1996 | 3.815 |
| 2004 | 3,978 |
| 2010 | 5,497 |
| 2011 | 4,199 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of the Municipio Empalme Olmos is Jorge Alvarez (term of office 2015–2020).
Sons and daughters of Empalme Olmos
- Emiliano Fernández (* 1992), football player
- Marcelo Fernández (* 1988), football player
Individual evidence
- ^ Código Postal de Empalme Olmos, Canelones
- ↑ Municipio Digital: Empalme Olmos ( Spanish ), accessed on August 5, 2018
- ↑ Data on www.rastlos.com
- ↑ History of the company Metzen y Sena SA ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Revestimiento laboral (Spanish) from July 1, 2013, accessed on July 2, 2013
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on July 4, 2013
- ↑ "ELECCIONES - Canelones" on www.observa.com.uy from May 4, 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 74 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay as an xls file
- ↑ http://municipioempalmeolmos.blogspot.com/
Web links
- Page to Empalme Olmos
- City map of Empalme Olmos (PDF; 105 kB)