Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales

Ur
Ur
Commune
	The church of Saint-Martin, in Ur
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ur
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	Coordinates: 42°27′46″N 1°56′18″E / 42.4628°N 1.9383°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Christian Ginestet
Area 1	6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population (2021)	348
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66218 /66760
Elevation	1,155–1,540 m (3,789–5,052 ft) ; (avg. 1,250 m or 4,100 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ur (French pronunciation: [yːʁ]), Occitan: [yɾ] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Toponymy

The name of the village is attested in the form Hur as early as 839 AD, and is of pre-Indo-European origin, coming from the Ur-Or-Ar root - quite common in the Pyrenees - which designates a place where there is a spring or a river; the pre-Celtic root *Ur- still means "water" in Basque. Despite local folklore, there is no known relation to the Biblical city-state of Ur.