Thuir

Commune in Occitania, France

Thuir Tuïr
Commune
The town hall in Thuir
Coat of arms
Location of Thuir
(2020–2026)		René Olive^[1]
Area ¹	19.90 km² (7.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	8,173
• Density	410/km² (1,100/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] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Tuïr, [tuˈi]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France.^[3]

Geography

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

Population

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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^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE