Municipality of La Floresta
{{Short description|Canelones Department municipality, Uruguay}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Municipality of La Floresta
| official_name = Municipality of La Floresta
| native_name = Municipio de La Floresta
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_map = MunCanLaFlor.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_alt = Map of the Municipality of La Floresta
| map_caption = Location of the municipality of La Floresta within the department of Canelones and Uruguay.
| coordinates = {{coord|qid=Q6029683|region:UY_type:adm2nd}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Uruguay}}
| subdivision_type1 = Department
| subdivision_name1 = Canelones
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 15 March 2010
| seat_type = Seat
| seat = La Floresta
| unit_pref = Metric
| population_total = 7310
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| area_total_km2 = 65.5
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Duilio Erramouspe (FA)
| timezone1 = UTC-3
| blank_name_sec1 = Constituencies
| blank_info_sec1 = CLB, CLC
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
The municipality of La Floresta is one of the municipalities of Canelones Department, Uruguay, established on 15 March 2010. Its seat is the city of La Floresta.
History
The municipality was created by the provision of Law No. 18653 of 15 March 2010, as part of Canelones Department, and it includes the CLB and CLC constituencies.{{cite web|url= http://200.40.229.134/Leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=18653&Anchor=|title= Ley 18.653|accessdate= 20 December 2012|work= Poder Legislativo|date= 15 March 2010|location= Montevideo|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162225/http://200.40.229.134/Leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=18653&Anchor=|archivedate= 3 November 2013}}{{cite web|url= http://www.imcanelones.gub.uy/recursos/descargas/materiales_municipios/Decreto_junta_departamental_76.pdf|title= Decreto Nº 76|accessdate= 20 December 2012|work= Junta Departamental de Canelones|date= 30 December 2009|format= pdf|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202172213/http://www.imcanelones.gub.uy/recursos/descargas/materiales_municipios/Decreto_junta_departamental_76.pdf|archivedate= 2 February 2014}}
Location
The municipality lies at the southeast side of the Canelones Department. The main activity of the municipality is tourism, as it is made up of a chain of spas on the Río de la Plata.{{cite web |url= http://www.imcanelones.gub.uy/?q=node/4343|title= Municipio de La Floresta|accessdate= 21 December 2012|work= Comuna Canaria}}
Its area is 65.5 km².{{cite web|author=Intendencia de Canelones|title=Municipios de Canelones, Base de Datos|url=http://imcanelones.gub.uy/recursos/descargas/materiales_municipios/Informe.zip|accessdate=28 January 2014|format=zip|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202172458/http://imcanelones.gub.uy/recursos/descargas/materiales_municipios/Informe.zip|archivedate=2 February 2014}} The census localities that make it up, had a population of 7,310 inhabitants, in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://otu.opp.gub.uy/perfiles/canelones/la-floresta|title=La Floresta|publisher=Uruguay Territory Observatory, Office of Planning and Budget|language=Spanish |accessdate=24 April 2022}}
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