Castets et Castillon

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Castets et Castillon
Castets et Castillon (France)
Castets et Castillon
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Langon
Canton Le Sud-Gironde and
Le Réolais et Les Bastides
Community association South Gironde
Coordinates 44 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  W
height 6–56 m
surface 13.16 km 2
Residents 1,452 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 110 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33210
INSEE code

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Castets et Castillon

Castets et Castillon is a French commune in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine with 1,452 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It belongs to the arrondissement of Langon and to the cantons of Le Sud-Gironde (locality Castets-en-Dorthe) and Le Réolais et Les Bastides (locality Castillon-de-Castets).

On January 1, 2017, Castets et Castillon was formed as the Commune nouvelle from the municipalities of Castets-en-Dorthe and Castillon-de-Castets . The administrative headquarters are in Castets-en-Dorthe.

geography

Castets et Castillon is located about 45 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux on the Garonne and on the Canal latéral à la Garonne , which flows into the river here. Castets et Castillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-de-Sescas in the north and north-west, Caudrot in the north, Barie in the north and north-east, Bassanne in the east, Pondaurat in the east and south-east, Savignac in the south, Bieujac in the south and south-west, Saint-Loubert and Saint-Pardon-de-Conques to the west and Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac to the northwest.

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2017)
Castets-en-Dorthe (administrative headquarters) 33106 8.69 1,158
Castillon-de-Castets 33107 4.47 00294

Attractions

Castets-en-Dorthe

  • Church of Saint Romain , from the 12th century in the village of Mazérac ( Monument historique )
  • Saint-Louis church
  • Château du Hamel , castle from the 14th century (Monument historique)

Castillon-de-Castets

Web links

Commons : Castets et Castillon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  2. ^ Église Saint Romain in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. Château du Hamel in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)