Prats de Lluçanès

Prats de Lluçanès ((Officially and in Catalan, Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɾadz ðə ʎusəˈnɛs]; Spanish: Prats de Llusanés) is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the west of the comarca, on a plain between the Lluçanès and Merlès rivers, and is served by the C-154 road between Vic and Gironella.

Prats de Lluçanès

Prats de Llusanés
Municipality
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Prats de Lluçanès
Location in the Province of Barcelona
Prats de Lluçanès
Location in Catalonia
Prats de Lluçanès
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°00′39″N 2°01′51″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaOsona
Government
 • MayorJordi Bruch i Franch (2019)[1] (Together for Catalonia)
Area
 • Total13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation
707 m (2,320 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total2,537
 • Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Pradenc, pradenca
Websitewww.pratsdellucanes.cat

In 2015, the municipality voted to join a proposed new comarca of Lluçanès, of which it would be the capital, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support.[4]

Demography
1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
1469 1563 1740 1805 2470 2709

References
  1. "Ajuntament de Prats de Lluçanès". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Prats de Lluçanès". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. I. Ballesteros (2015-07-27). "Lluçanès, però incomplet" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).



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