Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
382 people call this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie home.
At under 1,000 residents, Ur is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 57% of its housing. Over-65s are 30% of the population.
The 2 things Ur does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ur: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1934.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ur.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.4% of residents. 30% of residents are 65 or over, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a third of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Ur | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Ur is Église Saint-Martin. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.9% of the total, higher than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Households’ median disposable income: €23,810 a year per consumption unit. For its 150 residents in work, Ur has 150 jobs: 1 each. 6.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CerdanyaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 23 homes in Ur.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Ur. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ur: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix en fer forgé: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ur yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Ur is a commune of 382 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
