Caëstre

Caëstre
Commune
Caëstre, church in the street
Location of Caëstre
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Coordinates: 50°45′32″N 2°36′18″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Schricke[1]
Area ^1	10.2 km^2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,006
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Demonym	Caestrois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59120 /59190
Elevation	24–62 m (79–203 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caëstre (French pronunciation: [kastʁ]; French Flemish: Kaester and Dutch: Kaaster) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,164	—
1975	1,191	+0.33%
1982	1,340	+1.70%
1990	1,597	+2.22%
1999	1,677	+0.54%
2007	1,669	−0.06%
2012	1,906	+2.69%
2017	1,980	+0.76%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Caëstre

The arms of Caëstre are blazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre and Berthen use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE