Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
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Commune of Prades |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Prades (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | none |
| Mayor | Jean-François Denis (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 300 m–745 m (avg. 357 m) |
| Land area¹ | 10.87 km² |
| Population² (1,999) |
5,800 |
| - Density | 533/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 66149/ 66500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Prades (Prada de Conflent in Catalan) is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France. It is the capital of the historical Conflent comarca. Population (1999): 5,800 (Pradéens).
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[edit] Geography
It is located in the Pyrenees Mountains next to the Canigó and Têt River. [Fr. Tête Rivière] It's nearby towns include Codalet, Eus, Vinca, Villefranche
[edit] Miscellaneous
Prades was the birthplace of Thomas Merton (1915–1968), a famous Trappist (or Cistercian) monk who spent most of his life at the Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky in the United States.
It was also the adopted home of cellist Pablo Casals and grammarian Pompeu Fabra when they exiled from Spanish Civil War. A small museum in Prades commemorates Casals.
Every summer, since 1968, the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu (Summer Catalan University) is celebrated.
[edit] Twin towns
Prades is twinned with:
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