Urau
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Canton | Bagneres-de-Luchon | |
| Community association | Cagire Garonne Salad | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 359-1,251 m | |
| surface | 18.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 123 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31260 | |
| INSEE code | 31562 | |
 Saint-Maurice Church |
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Urau is a French commune with 123 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and to the municipal association Cagire Garonne Salat, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Urauquois .
geography
Urau is located in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees in the southeast of the historic province of Comminges , about 25 kilometers southeast of Saint-Gaudens . The mountainous and very wooded municipality borders on the Ariège department . Urau is surrounded by the neighboring communities Saleich in the northeast and east, Francazal , Cazavet (point of contact) and Balaguères in the southeast, Buzan in the south, Fougaron in the southwest, Montastruc-de-Salies in the west and Castelbiague in the northwest.
The highest peaks in the municipality of Urau are:
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Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 214 | 190 | 163 | 142 | 146 | 136 | 144 | 123 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Maurice church from the 19th century
- Lavoir
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 13 farms in the municipality (grain cultivation, dairy farming, cattle breeding).
Orau is located away from the nationally important traffic axes. The D117 trunk road runs from Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Girons six kilometers northeast of Orau . In Montsaunès , 18 kilometers north of Urau, there is a connection to the Autoroute A 64 from Bayonne to Toulouse . The train station in Lestelle-de-Saint-Martory, also 18 kilometers away, is on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1484-1485.
