Prats de Lluçanès

In early 1714, during the War of Spanish Succession, communities across central Catalonia rose against new taxes imposed to fund Philip V's army. The flashpoint came at Balsareny, where local militia captured a Bourbon regiment that had been quartered there to collect the levy. The retaliation was swift and brutal. Troops under Bourbon Marshal José Carrillo de Albornoz, Count of Montemar, swept through the Lluçanès area, and on 5 February they sacked and burned Prats de Lluçanès, along with nearby Sant Feliu Sasserra and Oristà.

Five months later the town was struck again. On 1 July 1714, forces under Feliciano Bracamonte returned and burned Prats de Lluçanès a second time. Around 140 houses — roughly three quarters of the entire town — were destroyed or severely damaged in the fire.

The town's administrative identity also shifted in more recent times. Until May 2023, Prats de Lluçanès belonged to the comarca of Osona. On 3 May of that year it became part of the newly created comarca of Lluçanès.

The town has a municipal museum, the Museu Municipal Miquel Soldevila, and several religious sites: the church of Sant Andreu de Llanars, a Santuari de Lourdes, and the Ermita de Sant Sebastià. Two local curiosities draw visitors into the surrounding landscape — a natural rock formation called El Roc Foradat and a rocky seat known as La Cadira d'en Galceran. The municipal cemetery holds the grave of the poet and priest Mossèn Isidre Castells i Casadesús.