Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Sign in to savePrats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name Prats-de-Mollo comes from Catalan "meadows of Molló". Molló is a town just across the border and the Col d'Ares. La Preste is a spa resort town that was a separate village but is now included as part of the municipality. Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste was the capital of the eponymous former canton. It forms part of the historical comarca of Vallespir and is part of Northern Catalonia. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villa
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Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is a commune in France, situated within the Vallespir region of Pyrénées-Orientales and the arrondissement of Céret. It serves as the capital of the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste and is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Le Canigou. The municipality borders Setcases, Camprodon, Molló, and Lamanère. Its official name is also recorded as Prats-de-Mollo.
The commune has an area of 145.09 and a population of 1175, comprising 550 males and 613 females. It is located next to the body of water known as the Tech. The postal code for the area is 66230.
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Place details
- Locality
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,191
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- French commune.native name
- Prats de Molló i la Presta
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Prats de mollo.jpeg
- French commune.caption
- The church of Saint-Juste-et-Sainte-Ruffine, in Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (Pyrénées-Orientales).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Céret
- French commune.canton
- Le Canigou
- French commune.INSEE
- 66150
- French commune.postal code
- 66230
- French commune.mayor
- Claude Ferrer
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 735
- French commune.elevation min m
- 575
- French commune.elevation max m
- 2693
- French commune.area km2
- 145.09
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Prats-de-Mollo
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Céret
- Population
- 1099
- Area
- 145.09
- Elevation
- 1423
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Tech
- Capital of
- canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- Shares border with
- Serralongue
- Official website
- www.mairie-pratsdemollolapreste.com
- Image
- Prats-de-mollo2.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- Commons category
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- postal code
- 66230
- Commons gallery
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
- associated electoral district
- canton of Le Canigou
- male population
- 550
- female population
- 613
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-39-72-11
- native label
- Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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- See also
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- External links
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name Prats-de-Mollo comes from Catalan "meadows of Molló". Molló is a town just across the border and the Col d'Ares. La Preste is a spa resort town that was a separate village but is now included as part of the municipality. Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste was the capital of the eponymous former canton. It forms part of the historical comarca of Vallespir and is part of Northern Catalonia. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
==Geography== Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is located in the Pyrenees, from the Spanish border and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, on the banks of the river Tech, and on the south face of the Canigou at an elevation of 735 meters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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