Alerce, Chile

Alerce
El Arryan
Town
Interactive map of Alerce
CountryChile
RegionLos Lagos
ProvinceLlanquihue
ComunaPuerto Montt
Area
 • Total
797 km2 (308 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
42,267
 • Density53.0/km2 (137/sq mi)

Alerce is a Chilean town (and satellite village of Puerto Montt) in the communes of Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas in Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. It had a population of 42,267 people in 2017.

History

The town (originally called El Arryan) was first delimited in 1863 as the third district of the Llanquihue province.

In 1998, the ministry of housing and urbanism put in motion a project to make Alerce a satellite city/village of Puerto Montt, with the objective of building 3000 homes in 2 years. The satellite city was inaugurated in December 2002.

Transportation

The town is connected to Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas via the V-505 route.

The town counts with a train station which connects it to Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas and Llanquihue.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alerce y sus maestros de la madera". Cruceros Skorpios (in Spanish). 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). geoarchivos.ine.cl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2025-11-03. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. ↑ "GEOGRAFÍA POLÍTICA DE CHILE" (PDF). ia801302.us.archive.org (in Spanish). Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ Ruiz Silva, Myriam (5 November 1996). "Ciudad satélite en Alerce: la alternativa de crecimiento para Puerto Montt". El Llanquihue (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ "Comunidad de Alerce". Escuela Especial de Lenguaje Castillo de Palabras (in Spanish). 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Alerce – EFE Trenes de Chile". www.efe.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-03.