Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales

For the Biblical city, see 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
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 km^2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	366
• Density	54/km^2 (140/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 km^2 (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

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.

Map of Ur and its surrounding communes

Population

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]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-66218. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE