Thuir

Thuir Tuïr
Commune
The town hall in Thuir
Coat of arms
Location of Thuir
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Coordinates: 42°37′59″N2°45′26″E / 42.6331°N 2.7572°E / 42.6331; 2.7572 Coordinates: 42°37′59″N2°45′26″E / 42.6331°N 2.7572°E / 42.6331; 2.7572
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Olive
Area 1	19.90 km2 (7.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018) [1]	7,792
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

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

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Media related to Thuir at Wikimedia Commons

• Information in Catalan Encyclopaedia