La Llacuna

La Llacuna
Municipality

La Llacuna

Coat of arms
La Llacuna
La Llacuna

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: ES 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E / 41.47417; 1.53417Coordinates: ES 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E / 41.47417; 1.53417
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province  Barcelona
Comarca Anoia
Government
  Mayor Josep Parera Tort (2015)[1]
Area[2]
  Total 52.2 km2 (20.2 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 906
  Density 17/km2 (45/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.

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.[3]

Food

A local specialty is carquinyolis, a type of cookie.

References

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