Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales (fra)

Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales

Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales ranks 7,636th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind La Lima, Iracemápolis, and Hornchurch. Memorable people born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales include Wilfred the Hairy, and Thomas Merton. Memorable people who died in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales include Pompeu Fabra, and Charles Renouvier. Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many linguists, and philosophers. Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales is located in France.

Prades is a subprefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2021, the commune had a population of 6,124. 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. Read more on Wikipedia