title: Urbanya
text: # Urbanya
  
  Urbanya (French pronunciation: (listen); Catalan: Orbanyà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Urbanya is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
  
  ## History
  
  Urbanya is mentioned for the first time on 16 June 1186, as being owned by the lord of Conat, on an act signed by Guillem-Bernard de Paracols, husband of Blanche de Conat.
  
  In September 1907, a rain and hailstorm falls on Urbanya, damaging and sometimes destroying the roads and bridges, as well with several houses.
  
  