La Codosera (Codossera, 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.[2]

La Codosera
municipality
Seal
The smallest international bridge in the world
La Codosera Location of La Codosera within Extremadura
Coordinates: 39°12′31″N 7°10′24″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Badajoz
Municipality	La Codosera
Area
• Total	69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation	355 m (1,165 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	2,119
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The highest point in the municipal term is 596 m high La Lamparona.[3]

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

External links

• Media related to La Codosera at Wikimedia Commons

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