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La Codosera

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Country
  
Spain

Municipality
  
La Codosera

Elevation
  
355 m

Population
  
2,221 (2014)

Province
  
Province of Badajoz

Autonomous community
  
Extremadura

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
69 km²

Local time
  
Friday 2:46 AM

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 61% Humidity

La Codosera (La Codosera, in Portuguese) is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 2,269 inhabitants. It is located close to the international border with Portugal at the eastern end of the Serra de São Mamede.

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Map of 06518 La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain

The highest point in the municipal term is 596 m high La Lamparona.

It is most commonly known as the seat of the Sanctuary of Chandavila, a popular Catholic pilgrimage shrine, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Sorrows said to have occurred in 1945 to Marcelina Barroso Expósito and Afra Brígido Blanco.

Villages

La Codosera includes the following villages within its municipal term:

  • El Marco
  • La Tojera
  • La Rabaza
  • Bacoco
  • References

    La Codosera Wikipedia