Ur (Pyrénées-Orientales)

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Ur
Ur coat of arms
Ur (France)
Ur
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Les Pyrénées Catalanes
Community association Pyrénées Cerdagne
Coordinates 42 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 56 ′  E
height 1,155-1,540 m
surface 6.79 km 2
Residents 363 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66760
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-ur.fr/

Ur is a French commune with 363 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region .

The municipality is located in the Cerdanya in the Pyrenees . It borders on Spain to the southwest and the Spanish exclave Llívia to the east . The residents call themselves Urois or Uroises .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 336 256 272 260 269 308 362

Saint Martin Church

The Romanesque church of Saint-Martin was built in the 11th century, renovated in the 18th century and equipped with a bell tower . It has been a monument historique since 1934 .

Saint Martin Church

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