Castagnac

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

Castagnac
Commune
A general view of Castagnac
Location of Castagnac
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Coordinates: 43°13′30″N 1°21′04″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Auterive
Intercommunality	Volvestre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Josée Varela[1]
Area 1	10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	326
• Density	30.3/km2 (78.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31111 /31310
Elevation	217–363 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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department