Castries, Hérault

Castries
Chateau
Castries
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Castries
Intercommunality	Montpellier
Mayor	Gilbert Pastor (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	20–154 m (66–505 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
Land area1	24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population2	5,519  (2008)
- Density	229 /km2 (590 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34058/ 34160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Castries (Occitan: Càstias) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.

Population

Historical population of Castries, Hérault

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	511	558	615	787	715	798	954	1017	1126	1150

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	1213	1386	1415	1212	1044	1080	1168	1280	1339	1336

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	1242	1368	1364	1430	1234	1090	1247	1368	1791	2461

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	3419	3992	5146	5519

Sights

Castries has a large Chateau which dominates the landscape. There is also a stone aqueduct which originally supplied water to the chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE