López, Santa Fe

López is an Argentine locality and town in the San Jerónimo Department within the Santa Fe Province.

López
Town and municipality
Fountain in commemoration to the centenary of the establishment.
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López Location of López in Santa Fe
Coordinates: 31°54′19″S 61°16′53″W
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Fe
Department	San Jerónimo
Founded by	Mariano López
Government
• Communal president	José María Kloster (UCR-FPCyS)
Area
• Total	2,818 km2 (1,088 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population
• Total	1,535
• Density	0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi)
	2010
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
CPA	S2255
Area code	+54 03404

It is situated 100 km from the capital of the province, Santa Fe.

The commune was founded on 20 May 1896.

Population

It has 1,535 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), an increase of 1,467 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) over the last census.^[1]

Vertical bar chart demographic of López between 1887 and 2010

Source: National Census INDEC, National

Geographic location

López is the head of its communal district. Its area covers 13,000 hectares.

The limits are: at the North Santa Clara de la Buena Vista. At the east, Loma Alta. And at the south Campo Piaggio and Loma Alta.

Colonization

The first colonists who settled the colony were tenants of Mariano López. They were immigrants from the North of Italy, mostly from Piedmont.

The first general census of Santa Fe, taken in July 1887 confirmed that López population came from:

Country	People
Germany	2
Argentina	64
Austria	1
Denmark	2
France	3
Italy	227
Switzerland	15
Total immigrants	250
Total inhabitants	314

Sports

The football club of the town is the Club Argentino de López that competes in the Football League of Esperanza.