Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales Totally Explained

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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).

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

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.

Twin towns

Prades is twinned with:

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