Castelginest

Castelginest
Commune
The Mauvezin park in Castelginest
Coat of arms
Location of Castelginest
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Coordinates: 43°41′41″N 1°26′01″E / 43.6947°N 1.4336°E / 43.6947; 1.4336
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Castelginest
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Grégoire Carneiro[1]
Area ^1	8.11 km^2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	11,271
• Density	1,390/km^2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelginest (French pronunciation: [kastɛlʒinɛst]; Languedocien: Castèlginèst) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,412 —     1975 3,846 +15.39% 1982 5,349 +4.83% 1990 6,757 +2.96% 1999 7,735 +1.51% 2007 8,493 +1.18% 2012 9,369 +1.98% 2017 10,467 +2.24% 2023 11,271 +1.24% Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

Castelginest is twinned with Ponte di Piave, Italy.

Sights

• 
  Town hall
• 
  Dovecote
• 
  Municipal cultural center
• 
  Market hall
• 
  Church Saint-Étienne
• 
  Church interior

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE