Castagnac

Commune in Occitania, France

Location of Castagnac

(2020–2026) Marie-Josée Varela^[1]Area

10.77 km² (4.16 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

309 • Density29/km² (74/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

31111 /31310

Elevation217–363 m (712–1,191 ft)
(avg. 351 m or 1,152 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castagnac (French pronunciation: [kastaɲak]; Occitan: Castanhac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Lèze forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. There are numerous hiking routes.^[3]

The commune is bordered by five other communes, three of them is in Haute-Garonne, and two of them is in Ariège: Latrape to the west, Canens to the south, Massabrac to the southeast, and finally by the department of Ariège to the north and east by the communes of Lézat-sur-Lèze to the north and Saint-Ybars to the east.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	228	—
1968	264	+15.8%
1975	212	−19.7%
1982	188	−11.3%
1990	161	−14.4%
1999	204	+26.7%
2006	272	+33.3%
2011	304	+11.8%
2016	292	−3.9%
2018	283	−3.1%

Sights and monuments

Château de Castagnac, medieval castle listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 18 March 2003.^[4]
Gardens of the château.^[5]
Windmill
Église Saint-Sébastien, restored Gothic church

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Outdoor Active hiking routes". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Base Mérimée: Jardin d'agrément du château de Castagnac, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)