Casteil

Casteil Castell de Vernet
Casteil seen from the access road to the Abbey of Saint-Martin du Canigou
Casteil
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Casteil
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Prades
Intercommunality	Canigou - Val Cady
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Alain Margail
Area1	29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	130
• Density	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Casteil (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

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

Map of Casteil and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

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

References

• INSEE