La Llacuna

La Llacuna is a municipality in the Anoia region located 600m above sea level and with an area of 52.25 km2 mostly forested with pines, oaks and holm oaks. This vegetation cools the hot summer climate and the average height above sea level moderately aggravates the dry cold of winter. Its main economic sectors are agriculture, livestock and rural tourism.

Artisanal products such as sausages, meat, wines or carquinyolis also deserve fame.

The number of registered inhabitants is 934, distributed among the towns of La Llacuna, Rofes, Torrebusqueta and the neighborhoods of Vilates, Pollina, Balta, Clot de les Barraques and Ventanell. However, La Llacuna has always been characterized as a summer town, which is why on weekends and holidays the number of inhabitants and visitors increases considerably and in the months of July and August the population triples.

The municipality has good services and equipment, some examples are: the nursery, the primary school, public transport to go to study at the Igualada institutes, the doctor's office, the pharmacy, the playgrounds, the exhibition hall, the tourist office, campsites, rural accommodation, restaurants, bars, shops, municipal swimming pool, tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, indoor soccer court, nursing home, public transport integrated into the ATM fare system to go by bus to Barcelona (Monday to Friday, weekends and holidays), to Igualada (Monday to Friday) and Vilafranca (Saturday mornings).

The fountains are a very important attraction of the municipality, more than thirty, spread throughout the area. The most unique are: the Cuitora fountain, the Pla Novell, the Teix, the Canals, the Clotes, etc. Among the most notable places in the municipality, we must highlight the Vilademàger castle, the old town of the town, the Ancosa oak, the remains of the Cistercian monastery of Ancosa, the chapel of Sant Josep de Rofes, the chapel of Sant Antoni de the Vilates, the cave paintings of Valldecerves, among many others. All places can be visited by hiking and some of them by mountain bike.

La Llacuna has always been characterized as a restless and busy municipality and this is reflected by its great associative fabric formed by a group of traditional dances, a bestiary of fire, giants, a band, majorettes, choirs, volunteer firefighters, ADF, a hiking center, and a club. football, among many others. However, it enjoys a very extensive festive calendar, from the Sant Andreu Fair, the Exhibition of Sausages and Altura Wines, the Main Festival to the Three Kings Parade, the Tres Tombs festival, the Carnival, the Children's Hall, the Aplec del Castillo and a large set of cultural activities that take place throughout the year.

Places of interest

• caves
• Rocamur Rocks
• Gos Salt
• Rofes Gorge
• Vilademager Castle
• Comallagosa Dolmen
• Hermitage of San Antonio Abad (Vilates)
• Church of Santa Maria de la Llacuna
• Municipal sources
• Castellar Fort. An Iberian site from the 3rd-1st centuries BC
• Ancosa Cistercian Farm
• New chapel of Sant Josep de Rofes
• Nucleus of La Llacuna
• Cave paintings of Valldecerves
• Iberian town of Castellar
• Puig Castellar
• Crida rocks and Paradís forest
• Frare Rocks
• Laundries of l'Escorxador