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Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales

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
YearPop.±% 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE