Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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The church of Saint-Juste-et-Sainte-Ruffine, in Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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 Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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Location within Occitanie region
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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| Coordinates: 42°24′17″N 2°28′47″E / 42.4047°N 2.4797°ECoordinates: 42°24′17″N 2°28′47″E / 42.4047°N 2.4797°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Le Canigou |
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| • Mayor (2001–2009) | Bernard Remedi |
| Area1 | 145.09 km2 (56.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,164 |
| • Density | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66150 /66230 |
| Elevation | 575–2,693 m (1,886–8,835 ft) (avg. 735 m or 2,411 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (Catalan: Prats de Molló i la Presta) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name Prats-de-Mollo comes from Catalan "meadows of Molló". Molló is a town just across the border and the Col d'Ares. La Preste is a spa resort town that was a separate village but is now included as part of the municipality. Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste was the capital of the eponymous former canton. It forms part of the historical comarca of Vallespir and is part of Northern Catalonia.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is located in the Pyrenees, 13 km (8.1 mi) from the Spanish border and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, on the banks of the river Tech, and on the south face of the Canigou at an elevation of 735 meters.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.
The town, along with other Vallespir municipalities of Roussillon was separated from the rest of Catalonia by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), which divided Catalonia between Spain and France.
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