Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
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Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 2°25′22″E / 42.6180555556°N 2.42277777778°E
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Commune of Prades |
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 Jacomet House |
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  Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Prades |
| Mayor | Jean-François Denis (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 300–745 m (980–2,400 ft) (avg. 357 m/1,170 ft) |
| Land area1 | 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 6,620 (2006) |
| - Density | 609 /km² (1,580 /sq mi) |
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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. | |
Prades (Catalan: Prada de Conflent) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is the capital of the historical Conflent comarca.
Its inhabitants are called Pradéens.
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[edit] Geography
It is located in the Pyrenees Mountains next to the Canigó and Têt River. Its nearby towns include Codalet, Eus, Vinca, Villefranche
[edit] Personalities
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 during their exile from the Spanish Civil War. A small museum in Prades commemorates Casals.
[edit] Events
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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