Title: Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales) Content: Prades ( or, simply, Prada) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It was the capital of the historic Catalan comarque of Conflent. It is a subprefecture in the department and the capital of the Prades arrondissement. == Name of the city == In Catalan, the name of the commune is Prada, a word that comes from the Latin word prata ("prairie"). == Geography == Prades is the main ciy of the Conflent, a natural region of the Pyrénées-Orientales; it is at the foothill of the Canigou mountain, to the west of Perpignan. The Têt river flows through the city. It has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  The commune is at from Perpignan. It is surrounded by the communes Catllar, Eus, Los Masos, Clara, Taurinya, Codalet, Ria-Sirach. === Climate === The climate in Prades in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Prades city are known, in French, as Pradéens (women: Pradéennes); Pradencs and Pradenques in Catalan. With a population in 2014 of 5,927, Prades has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Prades Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:7000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 5937 bar:1975 from:0 till: 6448 bar:1982 from:0 till: 6100 bar:1990 from:0 till: 6009 bar:1999 from:0 till: 5800 bar:2006 from:0 till: 6221 bar:2011 from:0 till: 5854 bar:2014 from:0 till: 5927 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 5937 fontsize:S text: 5,937 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 6448 fontsize:S text: 6,448 shift:(-13,5) bar:1982 at: 6100 fontsize:S text: 6,100 shift:(-13,5) bar:1990 at: 6009 fontsize:S text: 6,009 shift:(-13,5) bar:1999 at: 5800 fontsize:S text: 5,800 shift:(-13,5) bar:2006 at: 6221 fontsize:S text: 6,221 shift:(-13,5) bar:2011 at: 5854 fontsize:S text: 5,854 shift:(-13,5) bar:2014 at: 5927 fontsize:S text: 5,927 shift:(-13,5) == Administration == Prades is a subprefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Prades and the administrative centre  of the canton Les Pyrénées catalanes with 62 communes and 26,765 inhabitants in 2014. It is part of the intercommunality Conflent Canigó . === Twinned and partner towns === Prades is twinned with: * Ripoll, Spain, from 1969 * Kitzingen, Germany, from 1984 * Lousã, Portugal, from 1991 == Sites of interest == Some places of interest in or around Prades are: * Saint-Peter church with its bell-tower * Saint-Martin de Canoha (Sant Marti de Canoa) chapel * Jacomet House, dating back from the XVth century == People from or related to Prades == * Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin du Val (1828-1862), entomologist born in Prades. * Thomas Merton (1915–1968), trappist monk born in Prades. Prades 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. == Gallery == File:Pams.jpg|City hall, Prades File:Prades MaisonJacomet.jpg|Prades: Jacomet House, dating back from the XVth century File:Villefranchekostelnivez.JPG|Prades: Saint-Peter church File:Prades EgliseSaintPierre 01.jpg|Prades: Saint-Peter church bell tower ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Prades * Communes of the Pyrénées- Orientales department