La Llacuna

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La Llacuna
La Llacuna (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°28′27″N1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E / 41.47417; 1.53417
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Flag of Barcelona province(official).svg   Barcelona
Comarca Anoia
Government
   Mayor Josep Parera Tort (2015) [1]
Area
[2]
  Total52.2 km2 (20.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total863
  Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Website www.lallacuna.cat

La Llacuna is a municipality of 884 inhabitants (2003), located in the comarca of Anoia, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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It is a tourist town; nearby destinations include Igualada, the Vilafranca del Penedès wine route, and the Monastery of Montserrat.

Geography

The town's altitude is 615 m, and the municipality has a surface area of 52,49 km².

Annual events

Annual events include the Potada, whose date varies, but is usually in April; Aplec del Castell on the last Sunday of May; Fira de Sant Andreu on the first Sunday of December, and the pessebre vivent (living crib), a full-scale, live tableau of scenes from Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, on the second or third Sunday in December. [4]

Food

A local specialty is carquinyolis, a type of cookie.

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de la Llacuna". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: La Llacuna". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "Pessebre Vivent la Llacuna" (in Catalan).