La Llacuna

La Llacuna
Municipality
La Llacuna

Coat of arms
La Llacuna
Location in Catalonia
La Llacuna
La Llacuna (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E / 41.47417; 1.53417Coordinates: 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

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Pessebre Vivent la Llacuna" (in Catalan).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.