Urt
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Urt (French pronunciation: [yʁt]; Occitan: Urt; Basque: Ahurti)[3] is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is part of the traditional province of Labourd.[3]
Urt
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Urt | |
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| Coordinates: 43°29′41″N 1°17′21″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Nive-Adour |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Martial Etchegorry[1] |
Area 1 | 18.99 km2 (7.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,346 |
| • Density | 123.5/km2 (320.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64546 /64240 |
| Elevation | 0–111 m (0–364 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Urt is the location of the Benedictine Belloc Abbey for monks and of St. Scholastica's Abbey for nuns.[citation needed] Urt station has rail connections to Tarbes, Pau and Bayonne.
The village is 15 km east of Bayonne.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,047 | — |
| 1975 | 1,055 | +0.11% |
| 1982 | 1,120 | +0.86% |
| 1990 | 1,583 | +4.42% |
| 1999 | 1,702 | +0.81% |
| 2007 | 2,028 | +2.21% |
| 2012 | 2,220 | +1.83% |
| 2017 | 2,301 | +0.72% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
