Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Vilanova de Prades |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Location: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Catalonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarragona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Conca de Barberà |
Leader Title: | mayor |
Leader Name: | Artur Miró Palau (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.5 |
Elevation M: | 893 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 41.35°N 0.9586°W |
Population Demonym: | Vilanoví, vilanovina |
Postal Code: | 43439 |
Vilanova de Prades (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˌvilaˈnɔva ðe ˈpɾaðes/) is a municipality in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a popular holiday resort located at high altitude atop the Serra de la Llena, close to the area where this mountain range meets the Prades Mountains.
The town appears mentioned for the first time in an 1159 document regarding the limits of Prades. The main monuments are Sant Salvador church in the centre, as well as the Sant Antoni de Pàdua shrine at the edge of the town.