Urt

For the village in Iran, see Urt, Iran. For other uses, see URT (disambiguation).

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 Ahurti
Commune
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  (2022)[2]	2,342
• Density	120/km2 (320/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

Historical 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]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department