Thuir

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Thuir
Tuïr
Commune
The town hall in Thuir
The town hall in Thuir
Coat of arms of Thuir
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Les Aspres
Intercommunality Aspres
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) René Olive
Area1 19.90 km2 (7.68 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
INSEE/Postal code 66210 / 66300
Elevation 78–243 m (256–797 ft)
(avg. 99 m or 325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thuir (French pronunciation: [tɥiʁ]; Catalan: Tuïr, [tuˈi]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France.[1]

Geography

Thuir is located southwest of Perpignan, in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. It is situated in a plain between the natural zones of the Aspres and the Riberal.

Map of Thuir and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 4,192 —    
1975 6,023 +5.31%
1982 6,356 +0.77%
1990 6,638 +0.54%
1999 7,257 +1.00%
2007 7,415 +0.27%
2012 7,189 −0.62%
2017 7,635 +1.21%
Source: INSEE[2]

See also

References

External links

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