Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
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| Commune of Prades | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02°25'22" E |
| Latitude | 42°37'05" N |
| Administration | |
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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) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 300 m–745 m (avg. 357 m) |
| Land area¹ | 10.87 km² |
| Population² (1,999) |
5,800 |
| - Density (1999) | 533/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66149/ 66500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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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]
[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.
The Catalan musician created in 1950 a Music Festival which is celebrated every year since then.
Every summer, since 1968 Universitat Catalana d'Estiu (Summer Catalan University) is celebrated.
[edit] Twin towns
Prades is twinned with:
