Castelginest

Castelginest (French pronunciation: [kastɛlʒinɛst]; Languedocien: Castèlginèst) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Castelginest
Commune
The Mauvezin park in Castelginest
Coat of arms
Location of Castelginest
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Coordinates: 43°41′41″N 1°26′01″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Castelginest
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Grégoire Carneiro[1]
Area 1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	11,033
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31116 /31780
Elevation	122–193 m (400–633 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,412	—
1975	3,846	+15.39%
1982	5,349	+4.83%
1990	6,757	+2.96%
1999	7,735	+1.51%
2007	8,493	+1.18%
2012	9,369	+1.98%
2017	10,467	+2.24%
Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

Castelginest is twinned with Ponte di Piave, Italy.

Sights

• 
  Town hall
• 
  Dovecote
• 
  Municipal cultural center
• 
  Market hall
• 
  Church Saint-Étienne
• 
  Church interior

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department