Castries
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Castries is the capital of Saint Lucia [1]. The city was established in 1650 . As of 2025, Castries has a population of approximately 20,000 people [2]. The city covers an area of 79 and sits at an elevation of 2 meters above sea level .
Castries
Summary
Castries is a city[1]. Castries ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Castries is located in Castries Quarter[3].
- Castries is in the country of Saint Lucia[4].
- Castries is on the body of water Caribbean Sea[5].
- Castries's image is recorded as CastriesStLucia.JPG[6].
- Castries's instance of is recorded as city[7].
- Castries's instance of is recorded as town[8].
- Castries's flag image is recorded as Flag of Castries.svg[9].
- Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix is named after Castries[10].
- Castries's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taipei[11].
- Castries's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123801175[12].
- Castries's GND ID is recorded as 7543968-2[13].
- Castries's locator map image is recorded as Saint Lucia district of Castries.svg[14].
- Castries's locator map image is recorded as Map of Saint Lucia German.svg[15].
- Castries's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83227629[16].
- Castries's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12072891q[17].
- Castries's Commons category is recorded as Castries[18].
- Castries's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[19].
- Castries's located in time zone is recorded as America/St_Lucia[20].
- +1650-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Castries[21].
- Castries's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.016666666667, 'lon': -60.983333333333}[22].
- Castries's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.9957, 'lon': -61.00614}[23].
- Castries's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fn6r[24].
- Castries's official website is recorded as https://castriescity.com/[25].
- Castries's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castries[26].
- Castries's page banner is recorded as Castries banner.jpg[27].
Body
Geography
Castries is in the country of Saint Lucia[4]. Castries is located in Castries Quarter[3]. Castries is on the body of water Caribbean Sea[5].
Physical Characteristics
Castries's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+79'}[28]. Castries's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+70000'}[30] and {'amount': '+20000'}[31].
Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include city[7] and town[8].
History and Context
+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Castries[21]. Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix is named after Castries[10].
Why It Matters
Castries ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2] Castries has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Castries is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]