Casteil

Casteil Castell de Vernet
Commune
Casteil seen from the access road to the Abbey of Saint-Martin du Canigou
Coat of arms
Casteil Casteil
Coordinates: 42°31′55″N 2°23′39″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Conflent-Canigó
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Chauveau
Area 1	29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66043 /66820
Elevation	697–2,721 m (2,287–8,927 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Casteil (French pronunciation: [kastɛj] ; Catalan: Castell de Vernet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, part of the historical Conflent comarca. The abbey Martin-du-Canigou is located above Casteil.

Geography

Localisation

Casteil is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Casteil and its surrounding communes

Population

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	59	—
1975	50	−2.34%
1982	52	+0.56%
1990	102	+8.79%
1999	130	+2.73%
2007	125	−0.49%
2012	129	+0.63%
2017	136	+1.06%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Martin-du-Canigou