Carmen de Areco

Carmen de Areco is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Carmen de Areco Partido.

Carmen de Areco
Town
Carmen de Areco
Location in Argentina
Coordinates: 34°23′9″S 59°49′46″W
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoCarmen de Areco
Founded1780
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total12,008
CPA Base
B 2273
Area code(s)+54 6727
A street in Carmen de Areco

History

In 1779, Viceroy Vértiz ordered Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bergezé de Ducás to reinforce the line of defence against the native Argentine aborigines. On January 1, 1780, Juan José Sardén officially established the fort and village of "San Claudio de Areco". On September 26, 1812, Carmen de Areco Partido was officially founded. 1857, the name of the town officially changed to "Carmen de Areco". On 24 October 1864, the settlement was declared a town (municipalidad) by provincial law Ley No. 422.

Carmen de Areco was since the colonial period, residence of a large number of Irish immigrants, including the prisoners of the English Invasions.[1] The first families of Irish immigrants, mostly Catholics, were arrived in the town of Areco, around 1840.[2]

These Irish people were engaged in rural tasks, raising livestock and agriculture, including their participation in politics as Miguel Duffy, belonging to a family of Leinster, who served as mayor of Carmen de Areco for several periods.[3]

The Parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen was established in 1815,[4] and the St. Patrick Parish of Areco, towards the end of the 19th century.[5]

In 1907, the train station was built in the English Colonial style, and on January 22, 1908, the first passenger service arrived in the town.

References
  1. Todo es historia, Todo es historia
  2. Historia de Carmen de Areco: 1771-1970, Oscar Ricardo Melli
  3. Memoria del Departamento de Escuelas, Buenos Aires Province
  4. Historia de la Iglesia en la Argentina, Editorial Don Bosco
  5. Los capellanes irlandeses, Santiago M. Ussher
  • Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)


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