See also: Prades

Prades is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Loire and the area Auvergne.

Geography

History

Prades is a village whose origins go up in the middle of 5th century. Some vestiges even older are prehistoric caves. A sarcophagus of the era mérovingienne with shoulder and bearing was located on a small hill dominating the current village. Known as of the 10th century for its sources of the valley of Besque and Quayre, downward brook of Gévaudan. Prades is a village border between Gabales and Vellaves allied Gallic tribes of Arvernes. This close plain Allier was always the frontier orchard of Gévaudan and of Velay, then some think of seeing the passage of the Gallic road there called the " Boléne". There exists a pile in the middle of Combining it, river crossing the village, of a bridge known as " romain" who was destroyed at the 15th century during large floods.

Administration

The first mayor of known Prades is Guillaume Cour in 1801 in 1810 Jean James Baptist in 1822 François Marie Michel in 1825 François Favier in 1827 Jacques Court in 1830 Pierre Augustin Cour in 1831 Jean Pierre Prades in 1843 Guillaume Court in 1873 Pierre PRADES in 1889 Jean Tourette in 1896 Pierre PRADES

Demography

Prades reached its maximum population in the middle of the 19th century with approximately 650 inhabitants.

At that time one built the railway which had, during more than one century, to connect Paris to Nimes by the Massif Central

Places and monuments

• the rock serviére: 92 height meters basaltic rock
• the sarcophagus: towards the old school of the boys
• the church of the 12th century
• remainders of the feudal castle
• the sources
• the pile of the bridge " romain"

Personalities related to the commune

• Edouard Armard - Painter exhibitor with New York and Paris former student of beautiful arts of Saint-Etienne.

• Renaud Benoist - Painter, writer, scenario writer and realizer of short films, former student of beautiful arts of Saint-Etienne.

See too

• Common of the Haute-Loire

External bonds

• Prades in Haute-Loire. Footpath: Path of the Throats To combine it.
• Prades on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Prades on the site of INSEE
• Prades on the site of Quid
• Localization of Prades on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Prades on Mapquest

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