Castandet

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]

Key Information

Castandet
Commune
Location of Castandet
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Coordinates: 43°48′29″N 0°20′28″W / 43.8081°N 0.3411°W / 43.8081; -0.3411
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Adour Armagnac
Intercommunality	Pays Grenadois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Duclave[1]
Area 1	16.66 km2 (6.43 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	420
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40070 /40270
Elevation	67–126 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.
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• Communes of the Landes department

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 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ INSEE commune file
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Sources

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• 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.

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