Caëstre

Caëstre
Caëstre
Commune
	Caëstre, church in the street
	Location of Caëstre
	Caëstre Caëstre
	Coordinates: 50°45′32″N 2°36′18″E / 50.7589°N 2.605°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Schricke
Area 1	10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,006
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Demonym	Caestrois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59120 /59190
Elevation	24–62 m (79–203 ft) ; (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caëstre (French pronunciation: [kastʁ]; French Flemish: Kaester and Dutch: Kaaster) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Arms of Caëstre	The arms of Caëstre are blazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre and Berthen use the same arms.)