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Thuir
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Thuir (; Catalan: Tuïr, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France.
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Thuir is a commune in France, situated within the Pyrénées-Orientales department and the Occitanie region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Thuir and has at various times been the capital of the canton of Les Aspres. The town is located at an elevation of 243 meters above sea level and covers an area of 19.9 square kilometers. It shares borders with Saint-Féliu-d'Avall, Le Soler, Toulouges, and Canohès.
The population of Thuir is recorded as 8,243, comprising 3,653 males and 3,982 females. Another source lists the population as 7,933. The commune uses the postal code 66300 and operates under the Europe/Paris timezone. Its official name is Thuir, and it is associated with the canton of Les Aspres for electoral purposes.
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- Locality
- Thuir
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,933
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Thuir
- French commune.native name
- Tuïr
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairie de Thuir (66).jpg
- French commune.caption
- The town hall in Thuir
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Thuir(Pyrénées-Orientales).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Céret
- French commune.canton
- Les Aspres
- French commune.INSEE
- 66210
- French commune.postal code
- 66300
- French commune.mayor
- René Olive
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Aspres
- French commune.elevation m
- 99
- French commune.elevation min m
- 78
- French commune.elevation max m
- 243
- French commune.area km2
- 19.90
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Mairie de Thuir | Site officiel de la ville de Thuir
Toute la ville de Thuir à portée de clic : mairie, démarches, culture, sport, éducation, enfance...
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Thuir
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Perpignan
- Population
- 8243
- Area
- 19.9
- Elevation
- 93
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Les Aspres
- Shares border with
- Castelnou
- Official website
- www.thuir.fr
- Image
- Mairie de Thuir (66).jpg
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- Commons category
- Thuir
- postal code
- 66300
- associated electoral district
- canton of Les Aspres
- male population
- 3653
- female population
- 3982
- P8168
- Carrocera
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-84-67-67
- fax number
- +33-4-68-53-39-85
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Travel guide
Understand
Thuir is a little Catalan town located near Perpignan. Thuir took a place in the French-Spanish war.
Get in
To go to Thuir, you can take trains or take the planes. Catch a flight on Perpignan's Airline, and then continue driving in a car until you reach Thuir.
See
In Thuir there are a lot of remains of fortifications and a museum of arts and traditions that you can go and see. There is also the Byrrh's cellars that you can visit and finally, you can see the largest barrel in the world and visit the production of the Byrrh's alcohol.
Do
If you travel to Thuir in August, there is the festival of the lawn the first week-end of August.
You can do carriage rides.
Close to Thuir, away to Ponteilla there is a garden escape game and a botanical garden where you can go in family.
Eat
At the Hotel Cortie there is a restaurant which makes the traditional rooster in the Byhrr according to recipe handed down from generation to generation
Connect
As of Jan 2024, Thuir and its approach highways have 5G from all French carriers.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Population
- See also
- References
- External links
Thuir (; Catalan: Tuïr, ) 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 Ceret. It is situated in a plain between the natural zones of the Aspres and the Riberal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thuir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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