Caëstre

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Caëstre

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Schricke^[1]Area

10.2 km² (3.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,006 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)DemonymCaestrois (es)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59120 /59190

Elevation24–62 m (79–203 ft)
(avg. 38 m or 125 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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

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.)

References

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