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Prades
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commune of France in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales
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Prades is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department within the Occitanie region of France. It serves as the capital of the Conflent, the arrondissement of Prades, and the canton of Prades. The town has a population of 6,503, comprising 2,755 males and 3,369 females. Its area is 10.87 square kilometers, and it sits at an elevation of 745 meters above sea level. The earliest written record of the settlement dates to 843.
The municipality shares borders with Catllar, Eus, Los Masos, and Clara-Villerach. It is twinned with Ripoll, Kitzingen, and Lousã. Jean Castex is listed as the head of government. The postal code for Prades is 66500.
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Arrondissement
- Prades
- Canton
- Les Pyrénées catalanes
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Yves Delcor ( DVD )
- Area
- 10.87 km (4.20 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 6,148
- Density
- 565.6/km (1,465/sq mi)
- 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. 357 m or 1,171 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Prades ( French: [pʁad]; Catalan: Prada de Conflent [ˈpɾaðə ðə kuɱˈflen]) is a commune and subprefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Prades is the capital of the historical Conflent comarca. Its inhabitants are called Pradéens and Pradéennes in French and Pradencs and Pradenques in Catalan. It is also the hometown of Jean Castex, who served as Prime Minister of France from 2020 to 2022.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prades” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.