Castillonnès

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Castillonnès
Castilhones
Castillonnès coat of arms
Castillonnès (France)
Castillonnès
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Val du Dropt
Community association Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  E
height 62-145 m
surface 19.4 km 2
Residents 1,417 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 73 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47330
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-castillonnes.fr/

Town hall (Hotel de ville) of Castillonnès

Castillonnès ( Occitan : Castilhones ) is a commune with 1,417 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the canton of Le Val du Dropt (until 2015: canton of Castillonnès ). The inhabitants are called Castillonnésiens .

geography

Castillonnès is about 24 kilometers south-southeast of Bergerac . The Dropt limits the community in the north. Castillonnès is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt in the north, Ferrensac in the east, Lougratte in the south, Montauriol in the west and south-west, Douzains in the west and Cahuzac in the north-west.

The National Route 21 runs through the municipality .

history

A bastide was founded around 1259 by Alfonso von Poitiers .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
1,524 1,408 1,353 1,382 1,424 1,325 1,499 1,414
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church
  • Hôtel Cours de Thomazeau, built around 1770, monument historique since 1996
  • Market hall from 1905
  • hippodrome

Web links

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