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Castelsarrasin

Coordinates: 44°02′27″N 1°06′28″E / 44.0408°N 1.1078°E / 44.0408; 1.1078
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Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin town hall
Castelsarrasin town hall
Coat of arms of Castelsarrasin
Location of Castelsarrasin
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Castelsarrasin is located in France
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin is located in Occitanie
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin
Coordinates: 44°02′27″N 1°06′28″E / 44.0408°N 1.1078°E / 44.0408; 1.1078
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn-et-Garonne
ArrondissementCastelsarrasin
CantonCastelsarrasin
IntercommunalityTerres des Confluences
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Philippe Bésiers[1]
Area
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76.77 km2 (29.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
14,178
 • Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
82033 /82100
Elevation61–97 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. It is served by Castelsarrasin station on the Bordeaux-Toulouse line.

History

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The first certain evidence of the town dates from 961. The name, Castel Sarracenum, does not indicate that the castle was built in the Saracen era, but instead derives from Cerrucinum. 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.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 11,318—    
1975 10,752−0.73%
1982 10,924+0.23%
1990 11,317+0.44%
1999 11,352+0.03%
2007 12,862+1.57%
2012 13,295+0.66%
2017 13,944+0.96%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

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Monuments

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  • Église Saint-Sauveur, dating from the 13th century.[4]

Administration

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Castelsarrasin is the sub-prefecture of the department.

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ "Castelsarrasin" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 474.
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