Cestas

Cestas
Commune
The town hall in Cestas
Coat of arms
Location of Cestas
Cestas Cestas
Coordinates: 44°44′43″N 0°40′52″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Pessac-1
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Ducout
Area 1	99.57 km2 (38.44 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	16,666
• Density	167.4/km2 (433.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33122 /33610
Elevation	33–80 m (108–262 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cestas (French pronunciation: [sɛstas] ^ⓘ; Gascon: Cestàs) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,548 —     1975 6,445 +8.90% 1982 13,730 +11.41% 1990 16,768 +2.53% 1999 16,927 +0.10% 2007 16,658 −0.20% 2012 16,379 −0.34% 2017 16,922 +0.65% 2023 16,666 −0.25% Source: INSEE

Economy

Cestas Solar Park was the biggest solar park in Europe when Neoen opened it in December 2015.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department