La Llacuna Explained

La Llacuna
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:41.4742°N 1.5342°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Barcelona
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Anoia
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Josep Parera Tort (2015)[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:52.2
Population Density Km2:auto

La Llacuna (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /lə ʎəˈkunə/) 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de la Llacuna. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: La Llacuna. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
  3. Web site: Pessebre Vivent la Llacuna. ca.