Ur

Identity

Ur (INSEE 66218) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Pyrénées Cerdagne. Population 382 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66218-ur

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 18,035 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MER SOLEIL DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MAC DONALD'S · PENATES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LIBRE DE CERDAGNE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (UR AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING GCU 66 UR · CAMPING DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 353 (2012) → 382 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 382 (2023): 42 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 409, of which 56.7 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ur): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ur): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Enveitg): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Enveitg): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ur): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGOUSTRINE weather station, 3 km away at 1,381 m; the village itself is at 1,209 m. ^[10]

The village sits 172 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at STE LEOCADIE, 6.5 km away at 1,320 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 111 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DORRES, 2.5 km away at 1,446 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66218/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66218/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66218/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66218/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66218
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 66066
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024