Urbanya

Commune in Occitania, France

Urbanya Orbanyà
Commune
Urbanya at the bottom of the valley
Location of Urbanya
(2020–2026)		Jean Servat^[1]
Area ¹	14.40 km² (5.56 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	47
• Density	3.3/km² (8.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66219 /66500
Elevation	720–1,765 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

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Commune d'Urbanya (66219), INSEE
^ (in French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
^ Cardenas, Fabricio (9 August 2014). "Déluge à Urbanya en 1907". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE