Caëstre

Caëstre
Commune
Caëstre, church in the street
Location of Caëstre
Caëstre Caëstre
Coordinates: 50°45′32″N 2°36′18″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	l'Houtland
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Baron
Area 1	10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	1,677
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Demonym	Caestrois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59120 /59190
Elevation	24–62 m (79–203 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caëstre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	57.93
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	57.66
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	60.78
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	79.73

Heraldry

Arms of Caëstre

The arms of Caëstre are blazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre and Berthen use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file