Castets

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Castets

(2020–2026) Philippe Mouhel^[1]Area

90.18 km² (34.82 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,505 • Density28/km² (72/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40075 /40260

Elevation23–86 m (75–282 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.

Castets (French pronunciation: [kastɛts]; Gascon: Castèths) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,065	—
1821	1,049	−0.05%
1846	1,782	+2.14%
1872	2,081	+0.60%
1901	1,721	−0.65%
1926	1,558	−0.40%
1946	1,350	−0.71%
1962	1,499	+0.66%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,494	−0.06%
1975	1,517	+0.22%
1982	1,453	−0.61%
1990	1,719	+2.12%
1999	1,808	+0.56%
2007	1,896	+0.60%
2012	1,989	+0.96%
2017	2,388	+3.72%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Castets, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE