Prades, Baix Camp

Prades is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Prades
Municipality
Prades
Flag Coat of arms
Prades
Coordinates: 41.3105°N 0.988°E / 41.3105; 0.988
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Camp
Government
• Mayor	Lidia Bargas Musoy (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	32.6 km^2 (12.6 sq mi)
Elevation	940 m (3,080 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	589
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pradenc, pradenca
Website	prades.cat

Ermita de l'Abellera, Prades

The main monuments are Santa Maria church in the town, as well as the Ermita de l'Abellera shrine located in an escarpment, outside the town's perimeter.

This town gives its name to the Prades Mountains, located in the vicinity of the municipality. It is a high altitude town, very cold in the winter, but popular as a tourist spot in the summer.

History

Count Ramon Berenguer IV made the concession of a municipal charter to the place in 1159. The last saracens were expelled from the area. By 1200 Prades had already its own market and the town grew in importance and power.

The County of Prades included the Barony of Entença, as well as other towns in the area. Its total surface was 1,157 km² and its dominions extended across the present-day Baix Camp, Priorat and Alt Camp comarcas.

See also

• Prades Mountains

References

1. "Ajuntament de Prades". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Prades". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

• Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble, Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994

External links

• Prades Town Hall webpage
• Government data pages (in Catalan)