Villa Cañás

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Villa Cañás
City
Villa Cañás is located in Argentina
Villa Cañás
Villa Cañás
Location of Villa Cañás in Argentina
Coordinates: 34°0′S 61°36′W / 34.000°S 61.600°W / -34.000; -61.600
Country Argentina
Province Santa Fe
DepartmentGeneral López
Government
 • MayorAlberto Domingo Romagnoli (Socialist Party)
Area
 • Total
591 km2 (228 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (330 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • Total
9,817
 • Density16.6/km2 (43.0/sq mi)
Demonymcañaseño
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
CPA base
S2607
Dialing code+54 3462

Villa Cañás is a small city in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, some 370 km from the provincial capital and not far from Venado Tuerto.[1]

It has about 9,817 inhabitants as per the 2022 census [INDEC].[2]

The city was founded in 1902 by Juan Cañás, and acknowledged as a comuna (a minor municipality) on 1903-03-07.[3]

People

Notable people born in Villa Cañás include:

  • Mirtha Legrand (born Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez, 1927) – Argentine actress, television presenter and producer, twin sister of Silvia Legrand[4][5]
  • Silvia Legrand (born María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez, 1927–2020) – Argentine actress and television personality, twin sister of Mirtha Legrand[6][7]

Economy

Villa Cañás has an economy centered on agriculture and tourism. The region is well-suited for soybean, wheat, corn, and sunflower cultivation, attracting grain storage facilities.[10][11]

The local government supports economic development through microloans for entrepreneurs and business management training programs. Loans have also been provided for purchasing tools and production equipment.[12]

Proximity tourism has received investments to improve public spaces, aiming to boost the local economy.[13]

The land is suitable for cultivation of soybean, wheat, corn, and sunflower. For this reason, and due to rapid communication with the ports of Rosario and Bahía Blanca (via National Route 33), numerous grain companies have chosen to install their storage facilities in the area.

The business conglomerate MSU Argentina, founded by Manuel Santos Uribelarrea Balcarce, has been based in Villa Cañás since 1998.[14][15] The company operates in the agricultural and energy sectors, cultivating over 220,000 hectares and producing more than 1.1 million tons of grain annually across Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Información sobre Villa Cañás". Municipalidad de Villa Cañás (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  2. ↑ Parola, Gastón. "Revelan datos demográficos: Venado Tuerto encabeza la población en General López". Novedades del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Villa Cañás llegó al centenario y lo festejará durante todo un año". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Mirtha Legrand". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mirtha Legrand, horoscope for birth date 23 February 1927". Astrodatabank. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Silvia Legrand". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Murió Silvia "Goldy" Legrand, a los 93 años". La Nación (in Spanish). May 2, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ "José A. Martínez Suárez". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Murió el cineasta José Martínez Suárez". La Nación (in Spanish). August 17, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ Guzmán, Rocío. "Villa Cañás, una joya en el sur". Pueblo Regional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  11. ↑ "Millonaria inversión agroindustrial en Villa Cañás". Sur24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  12. ↑ Zanotti, Sofía. "Nuevas oportunidades para emprendedores en Villa Cañás". Novedades del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  13. ↑ Parola, Gastón. "Villa Cañás, un punto clave en la estrategia de turismo de proximidad de la provincia". Novedades del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  14. ↑ "¿Qué es? MSU es uno de los grandes grupos agrícolas argentinos que, sin tener demasiados bienes propios salvo la experiencia, llega a producir unas 800.000 toneladas anuales". Bichos de Campo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  15. ↑ "MSU: una empresa de agricultura y tierras con escala Mercosur". Infocampo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Cómo Manuel Santos Uribelarrea convirtió MSU en un conglomerado de impacto global". Reporte Asia (in Spanish). December 10, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2025.

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