La Llacuna

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.

La Llacuna
Municipality
La Llacuna
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E
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  (2024-01-01)[3]
• Total	982
• Density	18.8/km2 (48.7/sq mi)
Website	www.lallacuna.cat

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.^[4]

Food

A local specialty is carquinyolis, a type of cookie.