Villa Alegre a commune and city located in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. With 189.8 km², Villa Alegre is the smallest commun…Villa Alegre a commune and city located in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. With 189.8 km², Villa Alegre is the smallest commune by area in the Maule Region. It sits 92 m above sea level. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Villa Alegre spans an area of 189.8 km² and has 14,725 inhabitants. Of these, 5,456 lived in urban areas and 9,269 in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 2.8%.