Castries, Hérault

Castries
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°40′47″N 3°58′56″E / 43.6797°N 3.9822°E / 43.6797; 3.9822Coordinates: 43°40′47″N 3°58′56″E / 43.6797°N 3.9822°E / 43.6797; 3.9822
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Le Crès
Intercommunality	Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claudine Vassas Mejri
Area 1	24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	6,250
• Density	260/km2 (670/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.

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

Map

A wood called Les Pins

Aqueduc of Castries

Population[]

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[]

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