Castelginest

Castelginest
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Castelginest
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Castelginest
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Toulouse-14
Intercommunality	Grand Toulouse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Grégoire Carneiro
Area1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	8,588
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Castelginest is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1936	542	—
1954	669	+23.4%
1962	782	+16.9%
1968	1,412	+80.6%
1975	3,846	+172.4%
1982	5,349	+39.1%
1990	6,757	+26.3%
1999	7,735	+14.5%
2008	8,588	+11.0%

International relations

Castelginest is twinned with:

• Ponte di Piave, Italy

Sights

• Castelginest - Mairie.jpg

  Town hall

• Castelginest - Parc Mauvezin - Pigeonnier.jpg

  Dovecote

• Castelginest- Centre Culturel Municipal.jpg

  Municipal cultural center

• Castelginest - La Halle.jpg

  Market hall

• Castelginest - Église Saint-Étienne.jpg

  Church Saint-Étienne

• Castelginest - Église Saint-Étienne interieur.jpg

  Church interior

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

• INSEE