Castel-Sarrazin

Castel-Sarrazin is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Castel-Sarrazin
Commune
Location of Castel-Sarrazin
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Coordinates: 43°37′14″N 0°46′46″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Coteau de Chalosse
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Novembre
Area ^1	12.01 km^2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	543
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40074 /40330
Elevation	25–73 m (82–240 ft) (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castel-Sarrazin is the hometown of the top ranking Michelin starred chef Alain Ducasse.

It is mentioned with fondness in the memoirs of Sir John Kincaid. ‘Castle Sarrazin is a respectable little town on the right bank of the Garonne; and its inhabitants received us so kindly, that every officer found in his quarter a family home.’[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 636 —     1806 729 +14.6% 1821 781 +7.1% 1831 831 +6.4% 1841 813 −2.2% 1851 828 +1.8% 1861 750 −9.4% 1872 732 −2.4% 1881 754 +3.0% 1891 685 −9.2% 1901 682 −0.4% 1911 644 −5.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 584 −9.3% 1931 527 −9.8% 1946 480 −8.9% 1962 434 −9.6% 1968 419 −3.5% 1975 378 −9.8% 1982 371 −1.9% 1990 363 −2.2% 1999 360 −0.8% 2008 486 +35.0% 2013 535 +10.1%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. ‘Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, T & W Boone, London, 1867, page 304