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Castries, Hérault

Coordinates: 43°40′47″N 3°58′56″E / 43.6797°N 3.9822°E / 43.6797; 3.9822
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Castries
Chateau
Chateau
Coat of arms of Castries
Location of Castries
Map
Castries is located in France
Castries
Castries
Castries is located in Occitanie
Castries
Castries
Coordinates: 43°40′47″N 3°58′56″E / 43.6797°N 3.9822°E / 43.6797; 3.9822
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHérault
ArrondissementMontpellier
CantonLe Crès
IntercommunalityMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claudine Vassas Mejri[1]
Area
1
24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,523
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
34058 /34160
Elevation20–154 m (66–505 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castries (French pronunciation: [kastʁi] ; Occitan: Càstrias) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.

Map
A wood called Les Pins
Aqueduc of Castries

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 511—    
1800 558+1.26%
1806 615+1.63%
1821 787+1.66%
1831 715−0.95%
1836 798+2.22%
1841 954+3.64%
1846 1,017+1.29%
1851 1,126+2.06%
1856 1,150+0.42%
1861 1,213+1.07%
1866 1,386+2.70%
1872 1,415+0.35%
1876 1,212−3.80%
1881 1,044−2.94%
1886 1,080+0.68%
1891 1,168+1.58%
1896 1,280+1.85%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,339+0.91%
1906 1,336−0.04%
1911 1,242−1.45%
1921 1,368+0.97%
1926 1,364−0.06%
1931 1,430+0.95%
1936 1,234−2.91%
1946 1,090−1.23%
1954 1,247+1.70%
1962 1,368+1.16%
1968 1,791+4.59%
1975 2,461+4.64%
1982 3,419+4.81%
1990 3,992+1.96%
1999 5,146+2.86%
2007 5,471+0.77%
2012 5,873+1.43%
2017 6,178+1.02%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

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Castries is twinned with Volpiano, Italy since 2010.

Sights

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  • Château de Castries. There is also a stone aqueduct which originally supplied water to the chateau.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Castries, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE