Erechim

Erechim (also Erexim ) is a city (Portuguese: município ) in the north of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul not far from the border with Santa Catarina .

105,059 inhabitants live in an area of ​​430.76 km² (2018 estimate). The inhabitants are predominantly of Italian, German, Polish and Jewish descent.

history

In 1908 the first settlers of European descent came to the area of ​​today's city and founded the settlement on the railway line that runs from Rio Grande do Sul to the state of São Paulo . The settlement was initially named a district of the city of Passo Fundo . On April 30, 1918, she was raised to the status of Município .

sons and daughters of the town

• José Gomes (1921–2002), Bishop of Bagé and Chapecó
• Osmar Serraglio (* 1948), politician
• Paulo César Carpegiani (* 1949), football player and coach
• Gilmar Rinaldi (* 1959), soccer player and coach
• Alessandra Ambrosio (* 1981), model and actress
• Eduardo Deboni (* 1981), Olympic swimmer
• Rafael Sóbis (* 1985), football player
• Agenor Detofol (* 1989), football player
• Neuton (* 1990), soccer player
• Saimon Pains Tormen (born 1991), football player
• Fernando Lucas Martins (* 1992), soccer player
• Felipe Dorta (* 1996), Austrian-Brazilian soccer player

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  Osmar Serraglio (2005)

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  Gilmar Rinaldi (2014)

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  Alessandra Ambrósio, 2007 in NY

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  Rafael Sóbis (2015)

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  Fernando Lucas Martins (2013)

Diocese of Erexim

• Diocese of Erexim

Web links

• Official website of the city (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 27 ° 38 ′  S , 52 ° 16 ′  W