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Le Castellet is a commune in France, situated within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It lies in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department and has been associated with the cantons of Mées and Riez, as well as the arrondissements of Forcalquier and Digne-les-Bains. The municipality borders Brunet, Entrevennes, Les Mées, and Oraison.
The area covers 18.87 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 301 residents and another citing 242. The male population is recorded as 150, while the female population is 143. The elevation above sea level is noted as 665 meters in one dataset and 480 meters in another. The postal code for the commune is 04700.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Castellet
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 242
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Arrondissement
- Forcalquier
- Canton
- Riez
- Intercommunality
- Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Benoît Gouin
- Area
- 18.87 km (7.29 sq mi)
- Density
- 15.7/km (40.6/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Castellians
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 04041 /04700
- Elevation
- 362–665 m (1,188–2,182 ft) , (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Castellet
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains
- Population
- 296
- Area
- 18.87
- Elevation
- 544
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Valensole
- Official website
- www.le-castellet.fr
- Image
- Village du Castellet (04).JPG
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- Commons category
- Le Castellet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
- postal code
- 04700
- different from
- Le Castellet
- associated electoral district
- canton of Riez
- male population
- 150
- female population
- 143
- P8168
- Shark Tale
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-92-78-74-03
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Castellet ( French pronunciation: [lə kastəlɛ]; Occitan: Lo Castelet) is a rural commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located north of Valensole, east of the Valley of the Durance.
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