Castelsarrasin

Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin
	Subprefecture and commune
	Castelsarrasin town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Castelsarrasin
	Castelsarrasin Castelsarrasin
	Coordinates: 44°02′27″N 1°06′28″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Castelsarrasin
Canton	Castelsarrasin
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Philippe Bésiers
Area 1	76.77 km2 (29.64 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	13,944
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	82033 /82100
Elevation	61–97 m (200–318 ft) ; (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelsarrasin (French pronunciation: [kastɛlsaʁazɛ̃]; Occitan: los Sarrasins) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France. The inhabitants are called Castelsarrasinois. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after Montauban.

History

The first certain evidence of the town dates from 961. The name, Castel Sarracenum, would indicate that the castle was built in the Saracen era. The early history of the city is marked by wars; against the English until the end of the 12th century, then the Albigensian Crusade during the first part of the 13th century, and then the Shepherd's Crusade of 1320 that resulted in the deaths of many Jews in the city. The region was much affected by the Hundred Years' War, and again, during the wars of religion of the 16th century, the city's largely Catholic population was in frequent conflict with the generally Protestant surrounding region.

The region is calmer during the following centuries, up to the time of the French Revolution.

Castelsarrasin was the finish of Stage 17 in the 2007 Tour de France.

Personalities

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, explorer and mayor, died in 1730.
Charles de Mazade, born in 1820.
Pierre Perret, singer born on 9 July 1934.
Caroline Costa, singer born in 1996

Monuments

Église Saint-Sauveur

Administration

Castelsarrasin is the sub-prefecture of the department.

Bernard Dagen, pharmacist by profession, was mayor between 1989 and 2014.

References

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

External links

Castelsarrasin official site (in French)
Castelsarrasin non official site since 2001 (in French)

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