Castries, Hérault

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

Castries
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Castries
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Coordinates: 43°40′47″N 3°58′56″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Le Crès
Intercommunality	Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claudine Vassas Mejri[1]
Area 1	24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,523
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34058 /34160
Elevation	20–154 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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

Castries is twinned with Volpiano, Italy since 2010.

Sights

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

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

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