Esperanza

Cattle farming is also a major activity. Additionally it hosts many small and medium industries in a variety of sectors (wood, metal mechanics, food products, book printing, editorials, textile, leather, etc.).

• Name — Esperanza • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Argentina • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Santa Fe • Subdivision Type2 — Department • Subdivision Name2 — Las Colonias • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — September 8, 1856 • Founder — Aarón Castellanos • Leader Party — UCR • Leader Title — Intendant • Leader Name — Rodrigo Müller • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 289 • Elevation M — 38 • Population Total — 46 753 • Population As Of — 2022 census • Population Density Km2 — 145.61 • Timezone1 — ART • Utc Offset1 — −3 • Postal Code Type — CPA base • Postal Code — S3080 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — +54 3496 • Website — Official website

• Illustration — City Hall, Esperanza, Santa Fe. Esperanza was the first formally organized agricultural colony in Argentina, formed by 200 families of immigrants from Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg who arrived during January and February 1856. The town was officially founded on 8 September 1856. The lands for each family in the colony had been set aside on 15 June 1853 by an agreement (the Agricultural Colonization Contract) between the government of Santa Fe and the entrepreneur Aarón Castellanos. The original name of the city was Colonia Esperanza, that is "Colony Hope". The city was the third one in the province to have a Municipal Council, after Rosario and Santa Fe, on 4 May 1861. It was declared the head town of its department in 1884. In 1892, it hosted the first Agricultural Congress of the Republic. In 1944, the national government decreed that September 8, the feast of the birth of the Virgin Mary (patron of Esperanza), was to be the National Day of the Agricultural Worker, and in 1979 Esperanza was declared permanent seat of the National Festival of Agriculture and National Agricultural Worker Day.

• Fernando Paillet, photographer • Gastón Gori, essayist, writer • Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer, writer and journalist • Álvaro Alsogaray, politician • José Pedroni, poet and writer • Aldo Tessio, politician • Hector Borla, visual artist • Sebastian Spreng, visual artist • Matías Donnet, football player

Esperanza is twinned with: • Champéry, Switzerland (2012) • Hérémence, Switzerland (2012) • Riddes, Switzerland (2012) • Saint-Martin, Switzerland (2012) • Trient, Switzerland (2012) • Vex, Switzerland (2012)