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Chaleco, Departamento Paraná, Entre Ríos Province

Includes the following communities
Aldea Chaleco
Chaleco
El Chaleco
San Juan
History

Chaleco, located about 6 kilometers northwest of Crespo, is a small village founded in 1893. The founders of Chaleco came from the Valle María area and some from Spatzenkutter.

Volga German Congregations

Most of the population of Chaleco is Catholic. The Igresia San Juan Bautista (St. John the Baptist Catholic Church) was built in August 1960.

Sources

- Elena Vega Stehle

The following Volga German families settled in Chaleco:
Exner
Glass
Roth
Schonfeld
Spahn

Colonies

Iglesia San Juan Bautista
(St. John the Baptist Catholic Church)
Aldea Chaleco
Source: Elena Vega Stehle

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