Castandet

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Castandet

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Duclave^[1]Area

16.66 km² (6.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

413 • Density25/km² (64/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40070 /40270

Elevation67–126 m (220–413 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castandet (French pronunciation: [kastɑ̃dɛ]) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3] For centuries, it was an important village of potters, whose products — tableware or utensils, household items and tools for agricultural or craft work — were sold in much of Gascony.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	433	—
1975	397	−1.23%
1982	384	−0.47%
1990	375	−0.30%
1999	413	+1.08%
2009	402	−0.27%
2014	400	−0.10%
2020	406	+0.25%
Source: INSEE^[5]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Alain Costes; Christian Belot; Liliane Deschamps; Nicole Gourdon-Platel; Claudine Mimbielle; et al. (2012). Toupiès et toupins, potiers et poteries, XV-XX^èmes siècles : Castandet, un centre potier landais. Documents de La Grésale (in French). Mont-de-Marsan: Groupe de recherche en ethnographie et céramologie en Aquitaine et Midi toulousain. ISBN 9782954122601.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Sources

Castandet, un village de potiers (in French). Castandet: Les Amis du Patrimoine Castandétois. 1996.
Guy Duclos; Jeanne-Marie Fritz; Jean-Marie Graff (2012). Castandet, mémoire d'un village landais des origines à nos jours (in French). Groupe de recherche en ethnographie et céramologie en Aquitaine et Midi toulousain.