La Cumbre, Argentina

La Cumbre is a small town in northern Punilla Valley in the zentralargentinischen province of Córdoba. The town has 7,235 inhabitants and forms with its suburbs Los Cocos and San Esteban a small agglomeration with 8927 inhabitants.

The place is situated on a 1200 meter high plateau, from where the name comes Cumbre mean in spanish summit, meaning the highest point of Punilla Valley. Because of the high and exposed location, the place has a relatively harsh climate with moderately warm summers ( 19 ° C) and cold winters (6 ° C ) with occasional snowfall.

La Cumbre is known primarily as a tourist center. Famous are mainly the processions to the Kreuzberg during the Easter week. Furthermore, La Cumbre is the starting point for the Camino de los Artesanos, a hiking and infrastructure to La Falda, in which several artisans have settled.

The town of La Cumbre is outside the center dominated by villas in the style of an English country house, which is also related that many British immigrants have settled in the area. Furthermore, La Cumbre is also home to a numerically relatively significant Jewish community.

In the vicinity of La Cumbre are several reservoirs that supply the area with drinking water and electricity.