Castelnou, Pyrénées-Orientales

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Michel Huge^[1]Area19.28 km² (7.44 sq mi)Population286 • Density15/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation111–444 m (364–1,457 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelnou (French pronunciation: [kastɛlnu] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Castellnou dels Aspres) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Castelnou is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	173	—
1975	159	−1.20%
1982	152	−0.64%
1990	277	+7.79%
1999	331	+2.00%
2007	365	+1.23%
2012	350	−0.84%
2017	315	−2.09%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sites of interest

• Château de Castelnou : the medieval castle.
• The old village, labelled as Plus Beaux Villages de France.
• The church of Sainte-Marie du Mercadal, from the 13th century.
• The tower of Castelnou, a former watch tower.

Gallery

• 
  A tower of the castle
• 
  The church of Sainte-Marie du Mercadal
• 
  A street in the village
• 
  The village seen from the castle

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References