Urbanya

Urbanya
Orbanyà
Urbanya at the bottom of the valley
Location of Urbanya
Urbanya
Urbanya
Coordinates: 42°38′23″N 2°18′20″E / 42.6397°N 2.3056°E / 42.6397; 2.3056
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Servat[1]
Area
1
14.40 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
45
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66219 /66500
Elevation720–1,765 m (2,362–5,791 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Urbanya (French pronunciation: [yʁbaɲa] ; Catalan: Orbanyà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]

Geography

Urbanya is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.[3]

History

Urbanya is mentioned for the first time on 16 June 1186, as being owned by the lord of Conat, on an act signed by Guillem-Bernard de Paracols, husband of Blanche de Conat.[4]

In September 1907, a rain and hailstorm falls on Urbanya, damaging and sometimes destroying the roads and bridges, as well with several houses.[5]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 14—    
1975 28+10.41%
1982 26−1.05%
1990 33+3.02%
1999 28−1.81%
2007 57+9.29%
2012 9−30.87%
2017 55+43.62%
Source: INSEE[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Commune d'Urbanya (66219), INSEE
  4. ^ (in French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
  5. ^ Cardenas, Fabricio (9 August 2014). "Déluge à Urbanya en 1907". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE