Prats-Saint-Thomas
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Prats-Saint-Thomas ( ca, Prats i Sant Tomàs) is a former commune in
Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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Geography


Location

Prats-Saint-Thomas is located west of
Fontpédrouse Fontpédrouse (; ca, Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Fontpédrouse is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Fontpédrouse-Saint- ...
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Hydrography

The river Têt runs through the north of Prats-Saint-Thomas, from the west to the east.


History

The commune of Prats-Saint-Thomas was created in 1793 by uniting the hamlets of Prats-Balaguer and Saint-Thomas. Since 26 June 1822, it was linked with Fontpédrouse. Part of the hamlets were destroyed in December 1932 because of heavy rains which caused several landslides. Fabricio Cardenas
Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''Pluies diluviennes en décembre 1932''
3 February 2014


Sites of interest

* Church of Trinity and Saint Mary of Prats-Balaguer, from the 11th century.


Notes

Former communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub