Editing Castries (section)

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{{short description|Capital of Saint Lucia}}
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| official_name      = Castries
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_flag         = Flag of Castries.svg
| flag_size          = 125px
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Castries.png
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  | image1                 = View of Castries Saint Lucia Day248bdriveb.jpg
  | caption1               = Global view of Castries
  | image2                 = St. Lucia, Karibik - Castries - Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception - panoramio.jpg
  | caption2               =  [[Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Castries|Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception]]
  | image3                 = Castries Harbor from Morne Fortune, St Lucia.jpg
  | caption3               = Castries Harbour
  | image4                 = Castries Town. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
  | caption4               = Downtown Castries
  | image5                 = Government House (39934950533).jpg 
  | caption5               = Saint Lucia Government House
}}
| motto              = Statio Haud Malefida Carinis{{spaces|2}}<small>("A Safe Harbour for Ships")</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://castriescitycouncil.org/history.htm |title=Castries City Council - St Lucia |access-date=2009-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928033556/http://castriescitycouncil.org/history.htm |archive-date=2009-09-28 }}</ref>
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Saint Lucia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Districts of Saint Lucia|District]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Castries Quarter|Castries District]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1650 as "Carenage"
| established_title1 = Renamed
| established_date1  = 1756 as "Castries"
| founder            = the French
| named_for          = [[Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries]]
| leader_title       = Governing body
| leader_name        = Castries City Council
| leader_title1      = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Geraldine Lendor-Gabriel
| area_total_km2     = 79
| area_total_sq_mi   = 30.5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://freemeteo.com/default.asp?pid=15&gid=3576812&la=1 |title=Weather in Castries. Current weather &#124; lc.freemeteo.com |website=Freemeteo.com |access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 2
| elevation_ft       = 6.56
| population_total   = 20000
| population_as_of   = 2013
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_blank1_title = Estimate 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/263/general_information/Caribbean/St-Lucia.html |title=St Lucia Travel Guide and Travel Information |website=Worldtravelguide.net |access-date=2016-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608060445/http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/263/general_information/Caribbean/St-Lucia.html |archive-date=2010-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.castriescitycouncil.org}}
| timezone1          = [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]]
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| area_code          = [[Area code 758|758]]
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[[File:STLUC-castries-hafen-stadt.jpg|thumb|Castries, Saint Lucia]]
'''Castries''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Castries.ogg|k|ə|ˈ|s|t|r|iː|z}}) is the [[capital city|capital]] and largest city of [[Saint Lucia]], an island country in the [[Caribbean]]. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous [[Castries Quarter|district]] has a population of just under 70,000, as at May 2013. The city covers {{convert|80|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Geo>{{cite web|url=https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Castries&country=LC|title=Castries|website=GeoNames|access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stats.gov.lc/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Castries-1.pdf/|title=Map of Castries|website=The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813141736/https://www.stats.gov.lc/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Castries-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Statoids>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ulc.html|title=Districts of Saint Lucia|website=Statoids|access-date=August 10, 2021|author=Law, Gwillim|year=2015}}</ref>

Castries is on a flood plain and is built on [[reclaimed land]]. It houses the seat of government and the head offices of many foreign and local businesses. The city is laid out in a grid pattern. Its sheltered harbour receives cargo vessels, ferries and cruise ships. It houses [[duty-free]] shopping facilities such as Point Seraphine and La Place Carenage.

Castries is the birthplace of [[Arthur Lewis (economist)|Arthur Lewis]], winner of the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, as well as of [[Derek Walcott]], winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature.