Castelnau-Tursan

Castelnau-Tursan is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Castelnau-Tursan
Commune
Location of Castelnau-Tursan
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Coordinates: 43°39′32″N 0°24′21″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Chalosse Tursan
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Serge Ducla
Area ^1	9.27 km^2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	193
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40072 /40320
Elevation	74–179 m (243–587 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The wines of the surrounding countryside are known under the name Tursan.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 564 —     1806 505 −10.5% 1821 550 +8.9% 1831 592 +7.6% 1841 590 −0.3% 1851 553 −6.3% 1861 472 −14.6% 1872 426 −9.7% 1881 446 +4.7% 1891 400 −10.3% 1901 355 −11.3% 1911 342 −3.7% 1921 312 −8.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 259 −17.0% 1946 249 −3.9% 1954 219 −12.0% 1962 205 −6.4% 1968 235 +14.6% 1975 231 −1.7% 1982 207 −10.4% 1990 192 −7.2% 1999 190 −1.0% 2006 181 −4.7% 2008 184 +1.7% 2013 195 +6.0%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.