Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales
Appearance
Ur | |
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The church of Saint-Martin, in Ur | |
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 (2020–2026) | Francis Gantou[1] |
Area 1 | 6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 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: [yʁ] ; Catalan: Ur, [ur]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Toponymy
[edit]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 city-state of Ur which is mentioned in the Bible.
Geography
[edit]Ur is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Ur-Les Escaldes station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.
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Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 256 | — |
1975 | 272 | +0.87% |
1982 | 260 | −0.64% |
1990 | 269 | +0.43% |
1999 | 308 | +1.52% |
2007 | 332 | +0.94% |
2012 | 353 | +1.23% |
2017 | 363 | +0.56% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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