Castelnau-le-Lez

Castelnau-le-Lez Castèlnòu de Les (Occitan)
Commune
Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Coat of arms
Location of Castelnau-le-Lez
Castelnau-le-Lez Castelnau-le-Lez
Coordinates: 43°38′13″N 3°54′07″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez
Intercommunality	Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2017–2020)	Frédéric Lafforgue
Area 1	11.18 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	24,888
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34057 /34170
Elevation	19–93 m (62–305 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelnau-le-Lez (Occitan: Castèlnòu de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located on the outskirts of Montpellier, it is situated around 3 km (1.8 mi) north of the city centre. In 2017, it had a population of 20,480.

Geography

Map

Castelnau-le-Lez is served by Line 2 of the Montpellier tramway.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	450	—
1800	496	+10.2%
1806	547	+10.3%
1821	696	+27.2%
1831	673	−3.3%
1836	745	+10.7%
1841	787	+5.6%
1846	794	+0.9%
1851	861	+8.4%
1856	827	−3.9%
1861	894	+8.1%
1866	1,120	+25.3%
1872	906	−19.1%
1876	884	−2.4%
1881	815	−7.8%
1886	884	+8.5%
1891	954	+7.9%
1896	1,141	+19.6%
1901	1,213	+6.3%
1906	1,202	−0.9%
1911	1,103	−8.2%
1921	1,120	+1.5%
1926	1,504	+34.3%
1931	1,959	+30.3%
1936	2,226	+13.6%
1946	2,345	+5.3%
1954	2,923	+24.6%
1962	4,979	+70.3%
1968	8,169	+64.1%
1975	9,339	+14.3%
1982	9,884	+5.8%
1990	11,043	+11.7%
1999	14,214	+28.7%
2008	14,999	+5.5%

Twin towns

Castelnau-le-Lez is twinned with:

• Plankstadt, Germany
• Argenta, Emilia–Romagna, Italy
• San Fernando de Henares, Spain

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department
• Giant of Castelnau

References

• INSEE