Sastre, Santa Fe

Town in Santa Fe, Argentina

31°45′S 61°50′W / 31.750°S 61.833°W / -31.750; -61.833CountryArgentinaProvinceSanta FeDepartmentSan MartínGovernment

• MayorMaria del Carmen Brunazzo (Justicialist Party)Area

• Total289 km² (112 sq mi)Population

• Total5,534 • Density19/km² (50/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)CPA base

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Sastre is a town (comuna) in the west of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 139 km west from the provincial capital. It had about 5,500 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the San Martín Department.

It is named after Marcos Sastre, a renowned Argentine lawyer, writer, and educator. Miguel Brascó, the noted Argentine writer and food critic, hails from Sastre.

Twin towns — sister cities

Sastre is twinned with:

Alba, Piedmont, Italy (1988)

References

Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
"Sastre, Santa Fe". Santa Fe provincial government.