Letur

Seal

Country

Government

• Mayor

Carmen Álvarez López (PP)

Area

• Total

263.56 km² (101.76 sq mi)

Elevation

720 m (2,360 ft)

Population (2012)

• Total

1,285

Postal code

02434

967

Letur is a municipality in the province of Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. To the south it borders the Murcia Region (Moratalla Township). It has a population of 1,285, according to INE.

Districts

The municipality of Letur is made up of the following districts:

Holy Thursday - Procession of Our Father Jesus of Nazareth and Holy Mary of Sorrows.

Holy Mary of Sorrows

Holy Friday in the afternoon - The "Funeral" procession.
Holy Friday in the night - The "Silence" procession.
Holy Friday at 6:00 am - Our Lord leaves from the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Letur and walks through the streets of the old town, afterwards Our Lady leaves, to cross the path of our Lord in the Plaza Mayor, where the "encounter" takes place.

Letur's Resurrection Sunday's "Las Cortesias" Procession

Resurrection Sunday - Letur's "Las Cortesias" Procession. This famous celebration is held in the Plaza Mayor and white doves are released. The procession starts at around 11:30 a.m., first Our Lady of Sorrows leaves dressed in mourning, she passes behind the Town Hall and the Arc of Moreras and climbs up to the Plaza Mayor. At the same time Our Father also comes from this church to the Plaza Mayor where the meeting takes place, followed by the anthem of Spain.

Municipalities in the province of Albacete

Abengibre Alatoz Albacete Albatana Alborea Alcadozo Alcalá del Júcar Alcaraz Almansa Alpera Ayna Balazote Balsa de Ves Barrax Bienservida Bogarra Bonete Carcelén Casas de Juan Núñez Casas de Lázaro Casas de Ves Casas-Ibáñez Caudete Cenizate Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón Corral-Rubio Cotillas El Ballestero El Bonillo Elche de la Sierra Férez Fuensanta Fuente-Álamo Fuentealbilla Golosalvo Hellín Higueruela Hoya-Gonzalo Jorquera La Gineta La Herrera La Recueja La Roda Letur Lezuza Liétor Madrigueras Mahora Masegoso Minaya Molinicos Montalvos Montealegre del Castillo Motilleja Munera Navas de Jorquera Nerpio Ontur Ossa de Montiel Paterna del Madera Peñas de San Pedro Peñascosa Pétrola Povedilla Pozo Cañada Pozo-Lorente Pozohondo Pozuelo Riópar Robledo Salobre San Pedro Socovos Tarazona de la Mancha Tobarra Valdeganga Vianos Villa de Ves Villalgordo del Júcar Villamalea Villapalacios Villarrobledo Villatoya Villavaliente Villaverde de Guadalimar Viveros Yeste

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