Nyer

Not to be confused with New Yorker (disambiguation).

Nyer
Commune
The château in Nyer
Coat of arms
Location of Nyer
Nyer Show map of France Nyer Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°32′04″N 2°16′36″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Argilès[1]
Area ^1	37.00 km^2 (14.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	152
• Density	4.1/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66123 /66360
Elevation	656–2,645 m (2,152–8,678 ft) (avg. 734 m or 2,408 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nyer (French pronunciation: [ɲɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Nyer) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Nyer is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Nyer station and Thuès-les-Bains station have rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

Map of Nyer and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	137	—
1975	112	−2.84%
1982	140	+3.24%
1990	132	−0.73%
1999	108	−2.21%
2007	178	+6.44%
2012	160	−2.11%
2017	148	−1.55%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Monastery of Saint-André d'Eixalada

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE