La Llacuna
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La Llacuna | |
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La Llacuna | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E | |
| Country | |
| Community | |
| Province | |
| Comarca | Anoia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Josep Parera Tort (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.2 km2 (20.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[3] | |
• Total | 959 |
| • Density | 18.4/km2 (47.6/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
La Llacuna (Catalan pronunciation: [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.
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]