La Llacuna
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La Llacuna
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Location in Catalonia Show map of Province of BarcelonaLa Llacuna (Spain) Show map of Spain | |
Coordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E / 41.47417; 1.53417 | |
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Comarca | Anoia |
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• Mayor | Josep Parera Tort (2015)[1] |
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• Total | 52.2 km2 (20.2 sq mi) |
Population
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• Total | 863 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Website | www |
La Llacuna (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ʎəˈkunə]) is a municipality of 884 inhabitants (2003), located in the comarcaofAnoia, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
It is a tourist town; nearby destinations include Igualada, the Vilafranca del Penedès wine route, and the Monastery of Montserrat.
The town's altitude is 615 m, and the municipality has a surface area of 52,49 km².
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]
A local specialty is carquinyolis, a type of cookie.
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