Malvín is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo,

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Location

Malvín borders Buceo to the west,

Malvín Norte Malvín Norte is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) located in north eastern part of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location This barrio shares borders with Unión to the west, Maroñas to the north, Las Canteras to the east, Malvín and Buceo ...

and

Las Canteras Las Canteras is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location This barrio borders Malvín Norte to the west, Maroñas / Parque Guaraní to the northwest, Bañados de Carrasco to the north and northeast, Carrasco N ...

to the north, Punta Gorda to the east and the coastline to the south.

Economy

The coastal avenue along Malvín is called Rambla O'Higgins and across it is ''Playa Malvín'', the beach of Malvín; the area was once a very popular resort. Malvín is named after Juan Balvín. Over time, the expansion of the city resulted in a major building development in the neighborhood, which increased markedly in size to become one of the fastest growing areas of the city. The price per square metre in this area is one of the most expensive in the city (along with areas like Carrasco, Punta Gorda, and

Punta Carretas Punta Carretas is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location Punta Carretas shares borders with Parque Rodó and Pocitos to the north, while from east south and west, it is delimited by the coastline, including ...

). The ''barrio'' is includes the formerly separate barrios Malvín Nuevo and Malvín Viejo. The Isla de las Gaviotas (Seagulls Islet) is a relevant

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site.

Education

The ''barrio'' contains several schools including Colegio y Liceo John F. Kennedy, Liceo 31 and Escuela Experimental de Malvín.

Places of worship

* Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Church, Michigan 1645; with an added brick expansion by

Eladio Dieste Eladio Dieste (December 1, 1917 – July 29, 2000) was a Uruguayan engineer who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, most of them in Uruguay and all of exceptional eleganc ...

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) * Parish Church of St Bernadette Soubirous, Av. Italia 4318 (Roman Catholic) * Parish Church of Jesus the Mercyful, known also as "Parroquia de Belén"; Zaragoza 1971 (Roman Catholic, Charismatic Renewal)Parroquia de Belén

Sports

Club Malvín Club Malvín is a sports club from Montevideo, Uruguay, established on January 28, 1938, in the residential neighbourhood of Malvín. The club engages in several sports: futsal, tennis, and handball, but basketball is by far the most important. ...

is a sports club, established on January 28, 1938. The club engages in several sports:

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, and handball, but

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

is by far the most important.

References

External links

Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Malvín
Barrios of Montevideo Beaches of Uruguay {{Montevideo-stub