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| Location in Catalonia | ||
| Coordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°ECoordinates: 41°28′27″N 1°32′3″E / 41.47417°N 1.53417°E | ||
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| Comarca | Anoia | |
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| • Mayor | Josep Parera Tort (2015) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 52.2 km2 (20.2 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 906 | |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) | |
| Website | www |
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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.
The town's altitude is 615 m, and the municipality has a surface area of 52,49 km².
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.
A local specialty is carquinyolis, a type of cookie.