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Escudo de Paillaco

Paillaco

Región de Los Ríos20.942 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024901 km² of area23 inh./km²$9.273M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Population
−5,7%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
17,2%
Multidimensional poverty · 204th highest of 346
Finance
$443 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 220 of 346
Education
566,4 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
186th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

32 Schools
12 Squares and green areas
8 Health centers
6 Fire stations
3 Kindergartens
3 Carabineros
2 Pharmacies
1 Hospitals
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
1 Libraries

Paillaco es una ciudad y comuna chilena ubicada en la provincia de Valdivia, en la Región de Los Ríos, en la zona sur de Chile.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

51.9 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#124 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety41
Health49
Culture and environment62
Education49
Infrastructure58
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

CN
Cristián Navarrete Q.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
8.181
votes (52.27%)
19.892
Electoral roll
83,95%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
CN
Cristián Navarrete Q.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
8.181
votes
MA
Miguel Angel Carrasco Garcia
2021-2024 · IND
3.335
votes
RR
Ramona Reyes Painequeo
2008-2012 · PS
4.438
votes
GF
Gastón Fuentes Sepúlveda
2004-2008 · IND
4.140
votes
IO
Ivan Ojeda Cea
2000-2004 · PDC
2.758
votes
GF
Gaston Fuentes Sepulveda
1996-2000 · PPD
2.863
votes
ER
Eduardo René Camino Habicht
1994-1996 · UCC
1.771
votes
GF
Gaston Fuentes Sepulveda
1992-1994 · PPD
1.246
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JA
Jose Aravena P.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CHILE
2.370
votes
OC
Orlando Castro B.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
1.856
votes
NT
Nicolas Torres S.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · FRENTE AMPLIO
973
votes
RC
Raul Cortez M.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
899
votes
RC
Ruth Castillo P.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
891
votes
FA
Fernando Alvarez M.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
795
votes

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

Este municipio tiene carpetas de actas del concejo en su Transparencia Activa, pero SIN documentos publicados (incumplimiento de la Ley 20.285).

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
307
Highly complex
20
Audit reports
18
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2025111101
2023231852
20211511221
202048434101
201958436181
20183642392

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

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

  • FL
    Famagroecoop Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015
  • JD
    Junta de Vecino Nº 7 Santa Rosa Grande
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • SD
    Sindicato de Aseo y Ornato de Paillaco
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015
  • A
    Ancafu
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015
  • SS
    Saffco S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016
  • CD
    Club Deportivo "la Serena"
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • Cd
    Comite de Adelanto Pequeños Comerciantes
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2018
  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos Nº 6 Santa Filomena
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • UC
    Union Comunal Campesina de Paillaco Nº1
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • Cd
    Comite de Vivienda "mi Casa"
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • CC
    C&s Consultores Jurídicos
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos el Llolly
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • FL
    Feria Libre la Veguita
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • Cd
    Comite de Adelanto Villa 2000
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • CD
    Club Deportivo Barcelona Itropulli
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • Bd
    Banda de Guerra Escuela Proyecto de Futuro
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • Ed
    Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios de los Lagos S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2025
  • IR
    Ie Renovables S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • Cd
    Comite de Agua Potable Santa Filomena Nº 2
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • IN
    Instituto Nacional de Estadística
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
and 50 more organizations that requested meetings

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

19.924
inhabitants
20.965
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+5%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
19.787
-5% vs. 2035 (20.906)
Over 60 · 2050
39,86%
30,58% in 2035 · +9 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)74,34 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,9 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment284 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment25 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)566,4 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)566,4 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo19.802 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)6,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)17,2 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples17,57 %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 284 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
22.365
11.373 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
7.417
65% of RSH households
Female-headed households
51%
5.751
Elderly (60+)5.60825%
Children and adolescents (<18)4.62321%
Foreign nationals2001%
Belonging to indigenous peoples3.84017%
People with moderate/severe dependency4442%
Single-person households5.30047%

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
4.415
27 schools
Students per teacher
10,4
426 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,3%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
71,3%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 63%Private subsidized 37%
Pass rate
98,3%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
2,25%
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
22.647
108% of the population
Doctors employed
10
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 153Contract staff: 95Fee contracts: 58
Primary-care medical visits · per year
14.813
70.140
20102025
Medical specialties served · 1 in the comuna (public system)
Geriatrics

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
870
1.081
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 (22.440 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Consultorio PaillacoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal19.92364%
Posta de Salud Rural Santa Filomena (Paillaco)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal81062%
Posta de Salud Rural ReuménRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal46770%
Posta de Salud Rural Santa Rosa (Paillaco)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal45969%
Posta de Salud Rural Aguas NegrasRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal41865%
Posta de Salud Rural PichirropulliRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal36371%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $5.983.706.000 ($264.216/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $4.359.689.000Municipal contribution: $210.652.000

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

Indigenous population
3.479
17.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
19
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche3.43398.7%

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
31
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
1.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
577
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
163
Sports
101
Social and aid
91
For the elderly
32
Cultural
20
Foundations and corporations
3
Fire brigades
3

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 · 1 Comunitaria · 3 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
DDIFERENCIAFM95.3 FM
MRMI RADIOFM90.5 FM
APAgrupacion Pioneros · holderComunitaria107.5 FM
SCSoc. Complejo Radial del Lago Ltda. · holderFM100.1 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
222
1,1% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
108 people · 49% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
108 Venezuela
54 Argentina
12 Colombia
4 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
13
1 encampment (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
260
3,6% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
63
4.737 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
396
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
366
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
56
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

14.828homes · by type (2017)
House
7.407 · 97.4%
House
7.197 · 99.6%
Shack/hut/shanty
106 · 1.4%
Other private
47 · 0.6%
Apartment
21 · 0.3%
Room in old house/tenement
18 · 0.2%
Other private
11 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
9 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
4 · 0.1%
Apartment
3 · 0%
Mobile
3 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%
70%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
3.245 · 63.2%
Provided for work
769 · 15%
Rented
579 · 11.3%
Owned, being paid off
346 · 6.7%
Free of charge
193 · 3.8%

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

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
5
Beds
143
27,8 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

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 15% (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: 15% 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.

15% 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
$9.272.772.000
Own revenue
$2.274.041.000
25% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.956.594.000
53% of the total
State transfers
$884.857.000
10% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$1.288.421.000
$9.272.772.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

23.8%
12.9%
19.9%
39.7%
Property tax$541.597.000
Business licenses$293.037.000
Vehicle permits$452.506.000
Cleaning fees$84.658.000
Other own revenue$902.243.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
35.4%
41.4%
23.2%
Municipal$9.272.772.000
Education$10.840.741.000
Health$6.091.695.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $4.179.671.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$317.276.000
$2.274.041.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$443.603.000
$4.956.594.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$482.923.000
$884.857.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$11.064.393.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$9.703.476.000
Execution rate
87.7%
Unexecuted: $1.360.917.000
Medium execution: it executed 87.7%. Left unspent: $1.360.917.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$1.309.841.000
$9.703.476.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

58.6%
38.5%
Internal management$5.682.518.000
Community services$3.733.428.000
Social programs$114.864.000
Municipal activities$123.798.000
Recreational programs$47.068.000
Cultural programs$1.800.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$5.983.706.00061.7%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.940.633.00030.3%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.750.313.00028.3%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$920.181.0009.5%
Investment (works and projects)$813.609.0008.4%
Electricity (facilities)$371.999.0003.8%
Transfers to health$210.652.0002.2%
Councillor stipends$83.736.0000.9%
Water (facilities)$66.518.0000.7%
Street lighting$57.656.0000.6%
Travel allowances$46.878.0000.5%
Commissions and representation$2.465.0000.0%

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

30.3%
28.3%
41.4%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.940.633.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.750.313.000
Others$4.012.530.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

51.3%
24.3%
10.4%
9.1%
Permanent staff$1.752.807.000
Contract staff$831.361.000
Fee contracts$356.465.000
Labor Code$169.428.000
Community progs.$309.718.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

31.8%
55.3%
12.9%
Permanent staff27
Contract staff47
Fee contracts11
Total: 85 staffFee contracts: 12.9% of the headcountWomen: 54.0%Professionalization: 56.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $60.541.593/yearCost/staffer contract: $16.681.851/yearCost/staffer fees: $20.393.364/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: $813.609.000 (8.4% of spending)Councillor stipends: $83.736.000Travel allowances: $46.878.000Commissions and representation: $2.465.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $920.181.000Street lighting: $57.656.000Electricity: $371.999.000Water: $66.518.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

10
43
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

127
133
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$75.337.138.988
Purchase orders
61.260

Purchase-order amount · trend

$646.605.137
$3.577.274.536
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Ingenieria y Construcción$7.352.285.67680
Quarto Consultores y Servicios Limitada$2.466.872.58029
Principio Verde SpA$1.784.188.39742
Inversiones Genesis Ltda.$1.355.897.20928
Distribuidora de Combustibles y Servicio Paillaco Ltda.$1.156.196.6133.247
Copec S.A.$1.154.040.731179
Carlos Marin e Hijo Ltda.$1.062.461.6073
M y T Servicios de Ingenieria SpA$993.882.06211

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $2.896.493.78281%
Agile Purchase $409.724.72411%
Framework Agreement $212.895.6766%
Direct award discretionary$58.160.3562%

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

Registered companies
1.821
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
4.760

Pyramid by sales bracket

65.1%
12.0%
20.6%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)1.185 companies
Small (≤25k UF)219 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)31 companies
Large (>100k UF)11 companies
No sales/no info375 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Alimentos Schwencke SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2226
Comercial Socoepa Sociedad AnonimaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 2145
Agropecuaria Linz LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 261
Agricola las Lomas LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 260
Coop Electrica Paillaco Ltda.SUMINISTRO DE ELECTRICIDAD, GAS, VAPOR Y AIRELarge 231
Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Electrica Paillaco S aACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOS ADMINISTRATIVOS Y DELarge 1153
Agrocomercial y Forestal Tecsus Ltda.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 167
Antillanca SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 150
Residuos Industriales del Sur Ltda.SUMINISTRO DE AGUA; EVACUACION DE AGUAS RESIDLarge 127
Alipres SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERAMedium 257

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
1
US$ 160 M declared
Approved last 5 years
4
US$ 198 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
150
+ 10 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
422
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Parque Eólico El RanchoEIAParque Eólico Pidenco SpAUnder Review319,2300
PARQUE EÓLICO OVEJERA SUREIAParque Eólico Ovejera Sur SpAApproved280500
Aserradero, secado y remanufactura de madera para exportación. FORACTIDIAForaction Chili SpAApproved55120
Parque Fotovoltaico PichirropulliDIAEnergia Renovable Agata SpAApproved1556
Parque Fotovoltaico Nueva PaillacoDIAEnergia Renovable Lapislazuli SpAApproved1556

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

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
68 km
Motorways and trunk roads crossing the comuna

Road infrastructure of the MOP and concession holders, not the municipality: it measures how much highway crosses the territory, not municipal management. Only comunas with roads of this category are counted.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
ValdiviaNational Reserveat 27.3 km

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.

210
Species
111
Flora
91
Fauna
8
Funga
62
In conservation status
36
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
SapoEupsophus roseusVUQueuleGomortega keuleENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENRana de pecho espinoso de cordillera peladaAlsodes valdiviensisENTolloDiplomystes camposensisENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVULamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaENPocha del surCheirodon australeVUPochaCheirodon kilianiENPuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUPeladillaAplochiton zebraENPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVUCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENPitaoPitavia punctataENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVUTolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisENPancoraAegla denticulataCRCauque del norteOdontesthes brevianalisVUCauqueOdontesthes mauleanumVUSapo australTelmatobufo australisVUPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVURana de pecho espinoso de oncolAlsodes noraeCRRana de hojarasca de oncolEupsophus altorENGruñidor del sur, lagarto de corbataPristidactylus torquatusVUSapo de miguelEupsophus migueliENCamarónVirilastacus araucaniusVUPancoraAegla manniVULinguePersea lingueVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENAguilucho de cola rojizaButeo ventralisVUOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUHuillínLontra provocaxENZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUSapoEupsophus vertebralisVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENPudúPudu puduVULamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVURanita de darwinRhinoderma darwiniiENPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUBagreHatcheria macraeiVUHongoEntoloma necopinatumVUSapoRhinella rubropunctataVUPancoraAegla hueicollensisNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTMonito del monteDromiciops gliroidesNTPumaPuma concolorNTCarpintero negro, gallos del monte, rere (mapudungún)Campephilus magellanicusNTAguilucho chicoButeo albigulaNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTGargalGrifola gargalNT
and 2 more

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.

6 Wetlands · 5 urban · 295 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-14-01Sist. Rios Llollelhue- Bueno- Radimadiurban143 /4.325
HUR-14-60Sist. de Rios Valdivianos- Rios Cruces , Calle- Calle y Trib. (incluye rio Cau Cau)urban94 /10.819
HUR-14-64Sist. de Rios Valdivianos- Rios Angachilla y Tornagaleonesurban27 /3.467
HUR-14-42Sin identificarurban20
HPU-14-23Sin identificar10
HUR-14-09Estanqueurban1

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. 14 projects totaling US$ 647 million, approved between 2002 and 2025. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy9 projects · US$ 418 M · 2015–2025
Ar Caman SpAParque Eólico Caman · PARQUE EÓLICO OVEJERA SUR
Forestry2 projects · US$ 228 M · 2008–2024
Paneles Arauco S.A.Paneles Paillaco (e-seia) · Aserradero, secado y remanufactura de madera para exportación. FORACTION CHILI SpA
Others3 projects · US$ 1 M · 2002–2020
Enaex Servicios S.A.Ampliación de la Actividad de Transporte de Sustancias Peligrosas de ENAEX Servicios S.A. · Transporte de Gas Propano desde Argentina a Temuco - Chile IX - X Región

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 Socoepa
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSAL
Higher education
1 campus in the comuna

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

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
1
Sanctioned entities
1
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
355 UTA
1 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Soluciones Ecologicas y Medio Ambientales S.A.ECOSOLUCION PAILLACOEnvironmental Sanitation355

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

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
2
Historic monuments
2

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 - PAILLACOPTAS · lodo activadoSURALIS S.A. · discharges into río collilelfu
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero de Morrompulli (Valdivia) · 5.398 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
8
Area affected
8 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
3.194 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
13
At high or very high risk
1
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
2
latest: 2022 · 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
11,35°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,19°C
Annual precipitation
1.609 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
2
projection: +4 days
Frost days
20

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
1.183
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.649
Police cases · trend
1.530
1.183
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces2241.070
Domestic violence188898
Threats156745
Property damage134640
Larceny86411
Minor injuries85406
Burglary of an uninhabited place57272
Weapons-related crimes44210
Crimes and offenses under the arms law43205
Burglary of an inhabited place33158
Other burglaries (forcible entry)22105
Theft of items from vehicles1572

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
22
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 20.942 hab
Patrol fleet
3
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 2Pickups: 1Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
12
22
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
116
Deaths
5
23,9 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
90
14 serious
Pedestrian collisions
4
3 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.