Thuir

Thuir

Tuïr
Thuir ; Tuïr
Commune
	The town hall in Thuir
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 42°37′59″N 2°45′26″E / 42.6331°N 2.7572°ECoordinates: 42°37′59″N 2°45′26″E / 42.6331°N 2.7572°E
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)	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.