Urbanya

Urbanya (Catalan: Orbanyà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Urbanya Orbanyà
Commune
Urbanya at the bottom of the valley
Location of Urbanya
Urbanya Urbanya
Coordinates: 42°38′23″N 2°18′20″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Sangla
Area ^1	14.40 km^2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	55
• Density	3.8/km^2 (9.9/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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

Map of Urbanya and its surrounding communes

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.[2]

In September 1907, a rain and hailstorm falls on Urbanya, damaging and sometimes destroying the roads and bridges, as well with several houses.[3]

Population

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[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. (in French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
3. Cardenas, Fabricio (9 August 2014). "Déluge à Urbanya en 1907". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE