Prades, Baix Camp

Prades
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Prades
Coordinates: 41°18′40″N 0°59′20″E / 41.31111°N 0.98889°E / 41.31111; 0.98889
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Camp
Area
– Total	32.58 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Elevation	940 m (3,084 ft)
Population (2006)
– Total	655
– Density	20.1/km2 (52.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Pradenc, pradenca
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Ermita de l'Abellera, Prades

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

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 touristic spot in the summer.

History

King 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 wll 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

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

External links

• Prades Town Hall webpage
• Prades Online: Revista electrònica del poble
• Prades.info: Guia comercial, noticies, el poble, què fer-hi?, associacions, etc.
• Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya
• Informació de l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)