Lladó
Appearance
Lladó | |
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Coordinates: 42°15′N 2°49′E / 42.250°N 2.817°E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Girona |
Comarca | Alt Empordà |
Government | |
• Mayor | Juan Fàbrega Solé (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 787 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Website | llado |
Lladó (also known as Lledó d'Empordà) is a
Girona, Catalonia
, Spain.
It is a village with an eleventh century Augustinian Monastery and a Romanesque church.
History
The first documentation of Lladó is dating from 977 year, and it was done on the donation of some vineyard and lands from the Count and Bishop Miró to the Sant Pere de Rodes monastery.
In 1089 the cult and monastic life is restored on the Santa Maria de Lladó church and from that moment, the village life grows around it.
References
- Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
- Lladó Town hall web page (in Catalan)