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Escudo de Los Muermos

Los Muermos

Región de Los Lagos17.832 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20251.220 km² of area15 inh./km²$6.863M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Society
29%
28th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Population
−5,2%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
29,2%
Multidimensional poverty · 28th highest of 346
Finance
$385 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 263 of 346
Finance
74,72%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
562 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
142nd
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

47 Schools
9 Squares and green areas
8 Health centers
4 Kindergartens
3 Fire stations
3 Carabineros
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
1 Libraries

Los Muermos es una comuna de la zona sur de Chile ubicada en la provincia de Llanquihue, Región de Los Lagos. Limita al norte con Fresia, al este con Llanquihue, Puerto Varas y Puerto Montt, al sur con Maullín y al oeste con el océano Pacífico.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

48.8 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#170 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety66
Health24
Culture and environment59
Education52
Infrastructure38
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Emilio González B.
CHILE VAMOS · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
7.604
votes (57.48%)
16.812
Electoral roll
88,4%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
EG
Emilio González B.
2024-2028 · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
7.604
votes
SE
Sergio Erwin Haeger Yunge
2021-2024 · UDI
3.618
votes
ER
Emilio Rafael González Burgos
2008-2012 · UDI
5.937
votes
EG
Emilio González Burgos
2004-2008 · UDI
4.377
votes
JG
Julian Gonzalez Reyes
2000-2004 · PRSD
2.626
votes
JA
Jose Alberto Diaz Jara
1996-2000 · PPD
3.272
votes
JA
Jose Alberto Diaz Jara
1992-1996 · PPD
1.869
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

PT
Patricio Toledo A.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
2.578
votes
AN
Andres Niklitschek S.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
1.266
votes
JM
Javier Muñoz A.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
1.089
votes
HH
Harriet Hernandez R.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
810
votes
JG
Julian Gonzalez R.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
752
votes
FG
Francisco Guzman H.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
662
votes

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)

Resolutions extracted
33
of 70 minutes read
Money involved
$1.293.569.043
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
850/2024 · Modificación presupuestaria para convenio de colaboración y transferencia de recursos SUBDEREBudget amendment$11.702.050unanimidad
849/2024 · Avenimiento por demanda judicial RIT O-27-2023 de Leda Velásquez RiveraSettlement$6.500.000unanimidad
4.2 · Modificación del presupuesto y reintegro de fondos asociados al proyecto PMU/CÓDIGO 1-C-2023-1389 (CHA)Budget amendment$721.551unanimidad
Aprobación del Acta de Sesión Ordinaria N°106Otherunanimidad
Modificación presupuestaria para aumentar ítem de Servicios Técnicos y Profesionales, Legislación, Edificios y Otros, Áreas VerdesBudget amendment$60.300.000
973/2024 · Aumentar ítem presupuestario correspondiente al 'Proyecto FIGEM' para rendiciónBudget amendment$16.864.873unanimidad

Resolutions voted by the council, automatically extracted from the official minutes (extraction ongoing: coverage grows as the 94.917 indexed minutes are processed). May contain reading errors; the official document is the municipality's PDF.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
15
Highly complex
1
Audit reports
3
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20243121
20198531
20174311

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • BS
    Beler S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • CD
    Corporacion de Asistencia Judicial Region Bio Bio
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • Ae
    Asesorias e Inversiones Don Gaspar Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • DU
    Desarrollos Urbanos K-Llejero SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • EB
    Estamentos Base Salud Municipal los Muermos
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • GA
    Gestión Ambiente S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • CL
    Creatimus Linuxcorp Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • GM
    Gtd Manquehue S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • Ud
    Universidad de los Lagos
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • IS
    Idem SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • AZ
    Axioma Z
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FE
    Factor Energía
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • AC
    Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • C
    Cooprinsem
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FN
    Fundación Nacional Superación Pobreza
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • SC
    Sociedad Comercializadora el Cubanito SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos Nro. 62 Nace Una Esperanza
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

17.425
inhabitants
17.832
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+2%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
16.899
-5% vs. 2035 (17.811)
Over 60 · 2050
46,42%
33,73% in 2035 · +13 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)49,41 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,5 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment254 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment60 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)562 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)589,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo17.162 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)11,6 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)29,2 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples15,72 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 263 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
18.479
9.473 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
6.426
68% of RSH households
Female-headed households
45%
4.284
Elderly (60+)4.73926%
Children and adolescents (<18)3.70920%
Foreign nationals1991%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2.41813%
People with moderate/severe dependency1791%
Single-person households4.37146%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
3.847
26 schools
Students per teacher
10,9
352 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
89,1%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
73,3%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 51%Private subsidized 49%
Pass rate
98,5%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,12%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
5
FONASA enrollees
20.539
115% of the population
Doctors employed
14
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 123Contract staff: 61Fee contracts: 29
Primary-care medical visits · per year
15.588
63.311
20102025
Medical specialties served · 6 in the comuna (public system)
PediatricsAdult GynecologyInternal MedicinePediatric NeurologyAdult PsychiatryPediatric Nutrition

Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.

Comprehensive home visits · per year
1.177
809
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (20.521 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar los MuermosFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal20.51469%
Posta de Salud Rural CañitasRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal333%
Posta de Salud Rural Quillagua (los Muermos)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal3100%
Posta de Salud Rural EstaquillaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal10%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $7.098.773.000 ($345.624/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $4.635.808.000Municipal contribution: $0

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
2.698
15.7% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
9
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche2.63697.7%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
46
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
2.6
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
219
the entire active civil fabric
Sports
44
Committees (water, housing, progress)
34
For the elderly
12
Social and aid
11
Cultural
2
Trade associations and cooperatives
1
Fire brigades
1
Religious
1

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

4 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
LMLOS MUERMOS FMFM89.5 FM
AeAsesorias e Inversiones San Miguel Ltda. · holderFM99.1 FM
SDSoc. Difusora los Muermos Ltda. · holderFM101.3 FM
SRSoc. Radial del Sur Ltda. · holderFM88.3 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
365
2,1% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
185 people · 51% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
185 Venezuela
78 Bolivia
29 Argentina
20 Perú

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Families in informal settlements
37
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
261
3,9% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
67
5.054 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
522
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
349
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
38
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

13.884homes · by type (2017)
House
7.121 · 98.1%
House
6.507 · 98.2%
Other private
100 · 1.5%
Shack/hut/shanty
89 · 1.2%
Other private
23 · 0.3%
Mobile
12 · 0.2%
Apartment
10 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
7 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
7 · 0.1%
Apartment
5 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
3 · 0%
77%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
3.218 · 70.7%
Provided for work
589 · 12.9%
Rented
312 · 6.9%
Owned, being paid off
301 · 6.6%
Free of charge
133 · 2.9%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 20% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 20% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

20% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$6.863.374.000
Own revenue
$1.441.858.000
21% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.262.230.000
62% of the total
State transfers
$473.796.000
7% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$950.929.000
$6.863.374.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

35.8%
8.3%
22.9%
31.3%
Property tax$516.199.000
Business licenses$119.551.000
Vehicle permits$329.547.000
Cleaning fees$25.310.000
Other own revenue$451.251.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
34.6%
30.6%
34.8%
Municipal$6.863.374.000
Education$6.075.561.000
Health$6.912.230.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.702.284.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$214.825.000
$1.441.858.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$472.040.000
$4.262.230.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$13.695.000
$473.796.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.096.613.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.261.422.000
Execution rate
79.8%
Unexecuted: $1.835.191.000
Low execution: it only executed 79.8% of the budget — $1.835.191.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$761.736.000
$7.261.422.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

48.8%
39.1%
7.2%
Internal management$3.540.346.000
Community services$2.836.134.000
Social programs$162.696.000
Municipal activities$519.272.000
Recreational programs$166.651.000
Cultural programs$36.323.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$7.098.773.00097.8%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.520.188.00034.7%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.913.170.00026.3%
Investment (works and projects)$514.016.0007.1%
Electricity (facilities)$194.826.0002.7%
Transfers to health$146.481.0002.0%
Councillor stipends$80.961.0001.1%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$67.815.0000.9%
Street lighting$46.327.0000.6%
Water (facilities)$29.384.0000.4%
Travel allowances$25.776.0000.4%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

26.3%
34.7%
38.9%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.913.170.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.520.188.000
Others$2.828.064.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

42.1%
29.0%
8.1%
18.8%
Permanent staff$1.017.249.000
Contract staff$700.028.000
Fee contracts$195.893.000
Labor Code$50.587.000
Community progs.$453.744.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

35.6%
52.1%
12.3%
Permanent staff26
Contract staff38
Fee contracts9
Total: 73 staffFee contracts: 12.3% of the headcountWomen: 37.5%Professionalization: 53.1%
Cost/staffer permanent: $37.711.231/yearCost/staffer contract: $12.881.684/yearCost/staffer fees: $17.821.111/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $514.016.000 (7.1% of spending)Councillor stipends: $80.961.000Travel allowances: $25.776.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $67.815.000Street lighting: $46.327.000Electricity: $194.826.000Water: $29.384.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

56
81
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

95
78
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
8 m²/inh.
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
115
Security/patrol pickups
1
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
63.311
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
74,72%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
29
Permanent own revenue
21,01%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
14
as of Dec 31
Building permits
78
Health staff
61
contract
Health staff
29
fee-based
Health staff
123
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
20.539
municipal health
Rural health posts
5
Street-market stalls
100
Final works approvals
81

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$71.307.576.472
Purchase orders
52.965

Purchase-order amount · trend

$976.032.967
$5.982.110.550
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Soc Constructora Hurtado Limitada$3.737.642.36917
Servicios C y G Limitada$3.689.144.897103
Constructora Daniel Godoy Limitada$2.722.272.503121
Martin Valeriano Carcamo Cortes$2.484.971.428201
Arturo Enrique Klagges Schilling$2.363.970.996113
Constructora B+v Limitada$2.361.193.4534
Servicio Integrales Boris Caamaño Guzman Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada$1.947.727.91018
Martín Valeriano Cárcamo Cortés$1.873.641.46027

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $4.921.959.10282%
Agile Purchase $668.617.09811%
Framework Agreement $219.535.4644%
Direct award discretionary$171.998.8903%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
1.733
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
2.382

Pyramid by sales bracket

68.6%
13.7%
16.2%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)1.188 companies
Small (≤25k UF)237 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)25 companies
Large (>100k UF)3 companies
No sales/no info280 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Comercializadora Futurolac S.A.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 334
Cooperativa Agricola y de Servicios Futurocoop LimitadaINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 260
Comercial y Servicios los Galpones LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 121
Sociedad de Inversiones Hott Market SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 233
El Remanso SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 218
Agricola Santa Amanda LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 214
Comercial Siebald S.P.A.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 29
Agricola Droppelmann SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 132
Agrícola Millaray LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 118
Distribuidora y Comercializadora Maurita SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 115

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
2
US$ 983 M declared
Approved last 5 years
1
US$ 62 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
664
+ 15 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
65
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Parque Eólico Alto Los MuermosEIAAlto los MuermosUnder Review1.000645
Parque Eólico Mirador del SurEIAMirador del Sur SpAUnder Review650449
Parque Eólico Los Lagos del SurEIAEólica los Lagos SpAApproved312325

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5
0 t SO₂

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

99
Species
30
Flora
42
Fauna
27
Funga
38
In conservation status
21
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PeladillaAplochiton zebraENPocha del surCheirodon australeVUPuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUTolloDiplomystes camposensisENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENCauqueOdontesthes mauleanumVUHongoHygrophorus nothofagiENLiquenSantessonia cervicornisCRPancoraAegla denticulataCRLoyo, hongoBoletus loyoENHongoHygrocybe striatellaVUPancoraAegla manniVUHuillínLontra provocaxENLamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENPuyeGalaxias maculatusVULinguePersea lingueVUOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENHongoEntoloma necopinatumVUPinatra, pina, piña, curacuchaCyttaria berteroiENHongoDermocybe nahuelbutensisNTHongoLepiota trongoleiNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPumaPuma concolorNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTHongoThaxterogaster albocanusNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNTLiquenCaloplaca tucumanensisNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

3 Wetlands · 1 urban · 1.130 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-10-50Des. Rio Huinamurban1.046 /4.919
HPU-10-44Humedal Estero Coipo 170
HPU-10-45Humedal Estero Coipo 215

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 1 project totaling US$ 62 million, approved in 2024. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy1 project · US$ 62 M · 2024
Eólica los Lagos SpAParque Eólico Los Lagos del Sur

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
SAESA · also Crell
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSAL
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Llanquihue at 42.9 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
1
on projects in the comuna
Upheld
1
the court sided with the claimant
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
67418-2016
3TA
Víctor Alejandro Barría Oyarzo con SMA
Transformación de lagunas de estabilización de lodos, en lodos activados, de la comuna de Los Muermos
SMA compliance programUpheld

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
8 m²
80% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
1
Nature sanctuaries
1

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS - LOS MUERMOSPTAS · lodos activadosSURALIS S.A. · discharges into estero
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario La Laja (Puerto Varas) · 4.689 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
6
Area affected
16 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
26 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
3
At high or very high risk
2
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
1
latest: 2021 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
10,8°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,25°C
Annual precipitation
1.500 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +1 days
Frost days
14

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
801
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.492
Police cases · trend
883
801
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces152852
Domestic violence140785
Property damage113634
Threats110617
Minor injuries51286
Larceny50280
Weapons-related crimes44247
Crimes and offenses under the arms law40224
Burglary of an uninhabited place23129
Burglary of an inhabited place1584
Less serious injuries1479
Drug-related crimes951

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 27.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
115
Guards and inspectors
3
1 per 5.944 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
13
115
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
106
Deaths
3
16,8 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
87
7 serious
Pedestrian collisions
9
2 pedestrians killed

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.