Prades (Catalan: Prada de Conflent or, simply, Prada) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It was the capital of the historic Catalan comarque of Conflent.
Prades | |
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Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 2°25′22″E / 42.6181°N 2.4228°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
Intercommunality | Conflent-Canigó |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014 - 2020) | Jean Castex (UMP) |
Area 1 | 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | 5,927 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Demonym | Pradéens |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66149 /66500 |
Elevation | 300–745 m (984–2,444 ft) (avg. 523 m or 1,716 ft) |
Website | Official website |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
It is a subprefecture in the department and the capital of the Prades arrondissement.
In Catalan, the name of the commune is Prada, a word that comes from the Latin word prata ("prairie").
Prades is the main ciy of the Conflent, a natural region of the Pyrénées-Orientales; it is at the foothill of the Canigou mountain, to the west of Perpignan. The Têt river flows through the city.
It has an area of 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi) and its average altitude is 523 m (1,716 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 356 m (1,168 ft).
The commune is at 44 km (27 mi) from Perpignan. It is surrounded by the communes Catllar, Eus, Los Masos, Clara, Taurinya, Codalet, Ria-Sirach.
The climate in Prades in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Prades city are known, in French, as Pradéens (women: Pradéennes); Pradencs and Pradenques in Catalan.
With a population in 2014 of 5,927, Prades has a population density of 545 inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Prades
Prades is a subprefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Prades and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of the canton Les Pyrénées catalanes with 62 communes and 26,765 inhabitants in 2014.
It is part of the intercommunality Conflent Canigó (French: Communauté de communes Conflent Canigó).
Prades is twinned with:
Some places of interest in or around Prades are:
Prades was also the adopted home of cellist Pablo Casals and grammarian Pompeu Fabra during their exile from the Spanish Civil War. A small museum in Prades commemorates Casals.
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