Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Ur

(2020–2026) Francis Gantou^[1]Area

6.79 km² (2.62 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

348 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66218 /66760

Elevation1,155–1,540 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，['urr]) 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 city-state of Ur which is mentioned in the Bible.

Geography

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.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

References

^ "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