Location: Castries
Castries Quarter, St. Lucia
Country: Saint Lucia
Quarter: Castries Quarter
Founded: 1650 as "Carenage"
Renamed: 1756 as "Castries"
Founded by: the French
Named for: Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries
Government• Governing body: Castries City Council
Area• Total: 79 km (30.5 sq mi)
Elevation: 2 m (6.56 ft)
Population (2013)• Total: 70,000
• Density: 890/km (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time Zone (ECT) (UTC-4)
Area code(s): 758
HDI (2006): 0.814 – high
Top Things to do in Castries
The 5 Best Monuments & Statues in Castries, Castries Quarter
November 15, 2021 Veronika Gaddis
The bustling port city of Castries is St. Lucia's capital. 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.
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