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View of La CodoseraMentxuwiki · CC BY-SA 4.0

La Codosera

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La Codosera (A Codesseira, 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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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.

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Coat of arms of La Codosera
Province
Badajoz
Autonomous community
Extremadura
Population (INE 2025)
1,983
Altitude
318 m
Area (IGN)
71.1 km²
Postcode
06518
Demonym
Codoseranos/as
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2 photographs of La Codosera, taken here and in its own light.

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Codosera (La): Santuario de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Chandavila (2) · Photo: Mentxuwiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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casa consistorial de La Codosera (edificio sede del Ayuntamiento de La Codosera) · Photo: Mentxuwiki (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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