Sastre
Sastre is located in Argentina
Sastre
Sastre
Location of Sastre in Argentina
Coordinates: 31°45′S 61°50′W / 31.750°S 61.833°W / -31.750; -61.833
CountryArgentina
ProvinceSanta Fe
DepartmentSan Martín
Government
  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
S2440
Dialing code+54 3406

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:

References

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


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