Caëstre

Caëstre (French Flemish: Kaester and Dutch: Kaaster) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Caëstre
Caëstre, church in the street
Location of Caëstre
Caëstre
Caëstre
Coordinates: 50°45′32″N 2°36′18″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonBailleul
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Brigitte Vanhersel
Area
1
10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,980
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Caestrois (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.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 57.93
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 57.66
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 60.78
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 79.73

[2]

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

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.