Ecilda Paullier

Ecilda Paullier on the map of Uruguay

Ecilda Paullier is a city in Uruguay.

Geography

Ecilda Paullier is located on the territory of the department of San José in its sector 5 in the Cuchilla Pavón. The place is located in the south-west of San José near the westerly boundary to Nachbardepartamento Colonia, which is formed there from Arroyo Cufré. Immediately southeast is the place Scavino. Other settlements in the area are on the Río de la Plata Located Boca del Cufré the southwest, La Boyada south-east and in the west and Nueva Colonia Valdense Helvecia. A few kilometers south of the springs to the catchment area of the Arroyo Pavón scoring Arroyo sauce. North Ecilda Paulliers flows of Arroyo Escudero. The distance to Montevideo is about 100 kilometers, to Buenos Aires and it is 150 kilometers in a straight line.

History

On May 16, 1883, dates the founding of Ecilda Paullier, which was initially built as Santa Ecilda by European immigrants as an agricultural settlement. The founding treaty with the government closed it on that day, a native of France Federico Paullier, on whose wife Ecilda Capdevilla de Paullier the name is due. Starting in 1886, the brothers of their Paullier located there Estancia " Escudero " farmed the area. The ( Patrimonio Nacional) is still preserved as a national heritage classified Cabaña Paullier made ​​it the core of the settlement and later became a landmark Ecilda Paulliers. Soon after, a telegraph office on site was established. A later by the Paulliers begun together with Pedro Risso enterprise project that imports of hardwood from Paraguay had the subject, also failed by the revolutionary turmoil of 1896. Subsequently the Banco de Londres auctioned the property. After a result of the Ley no. 3748 on 6 April 1911 as Pueblo (village ) has been classified yet under the name Santa Ecilda the place, took place on November 17, 1964 by the Ley no. 13,299 granting the designation villa. In 2012, the appointment to Ciudad (City) was introduced by means of legislative initiative.

Infrastructure

Through the village leads the Ruta 1, on the there, the Ruta 11 meets at their kilometer point 102.

Population

The population of Ecilda Paullier is 2,585 (as of 2011), of which 1,299 male and 1,286 female.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

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