Castries District

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| name = Castries District

| settlement_type = District

| image_skyline = CastriesStLucia.JPG

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| image_caption = Port of Castries

| image_map = Castries in Saint Lucia 2014.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Castries District within Saint Lucia

| coordinates = {{coord|13|59|17|N|60|58|25|W|region:LC|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint = Town of Castries

| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Castries&country=LC|title=Castries|website=GeoNames|access-date=August 16, 2021}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = St. Lucia

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| area_land_km2 = 90.33

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| population_total = 65,656

| population_as_of = 2010

| population_density_km2 = 726.85

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| postal_code_type = ISO 3166-2:LC

| postal_code = LC-02

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Castries District is one of 10 districts (formerly called quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. According to the 2012 census, the population of the district was 80,573, having shown a slow but steady increase over the past ten years.{{ref|pop population}} The capital of Saint Lucia, the city of Castries, is located in this district. During the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, the city of Castries plays host to several stages.{{cite web

|title = Population by District

|work = Saint Lucian Statistics

|url = http://www.stats.gov.lc/pop22.htm

|archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071124143804/http://www.stats.gov.lc/pop22.htm

|url-status = dead

|archive-date = November 24, 2007

|accessdate = January 21, 2006

}}{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/|website=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency|title=Castries first level administrative region|access-date=August 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stats.gov.lc/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Castries-1.pdf|title=Map of Castries District|website=Statistical Office of Saint Lucia|access-date=August 16, 2021}}

Geography

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There are 123 second-order administrative divisions in the Castries District.{{cite web|url=https://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html?q=Castries&country=LC&featureClass=A&startRow=100|title=Castries|website=GeoNames|access-date=August 17, 2021}}

The town of Castries is a port city. Shoppers flock to the city's dozens of stores and to Castries Market for fruits, vegetables and handicrafts. Sightseers admire murals painted by a local artist inside Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and relax in Derek Walcott Square, named for the St. Lucian Nobel Prize–winning poet. Atop Morne Fortune (Hill of Good Luck) – where the French and English battled over control of the island – visitors take in panoramic vistas.

Castries is home to some of the most popular resorts on island, including The BodyHoliday LeSport,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebodyholiday.com/|title=Best Wellness Holiday Resorts | St.Lucia All Inclusive Resort|first=Gezel|last=Stephen|website=BodyHoliday}} Rendezvous Couples Resort,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theromanticholiday.com/|title=Rendezvous St Lucia | All Inclusive Couples Resorts | Romantic Holiday|website=Rendezvous Resorts}} Windjammer Landing, Sandals Resorts,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandals.com/|title=Sandals Resorts: Caribbean 5-Star Luxury Included® Resorts|website=Sandals Resorts}} and more.

Government

The seat of the Castries District government is the town of Castries.

The Castries District is divided into the following electoral constituencies represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia:{{cite web|url=http://www.govt.lc/house-of-assembly-rejected|title=House of Assembly|website=Government of Saint Lucia|access-date=August 8, 2021}}