Castries Quarter

Castries Quarter
Quarter
Port of Castries
The Quarter of Castries, showing Castries city
Coordinates (Castries city): 13°59′17″N 60°58′25″W / 13.98806°N 60.97361°W / 13.98806; -60.97361Coordinates: 13°59′17″N 60°58′25″W / 13.98806°N 60.97361°W / 13.98806; -60.97361
Country	St. Lucia
Population (2012)
• Total	80,573

Castries Quarter is one of eleven Quarters on the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. According to the 2012 census, the population of the Quarter was 80,573, having shown a slow but steady increase over the past ten years. The capital of Saint Lucia, the city of Castries, is located in this Quarter. During the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, the city of Castries plays host to several stages.

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, Rendezvous Resort, Windjammer Landing, Sandals Resorts, and more.

Panorama, coast of Castries

Adjacent quarters

		Gros Islet	Dauphin
			Dennery
	Castries
		Anse la Raye	Praslin, Soufrière

References

• ^ "Population by District". Saint Lucian Statistics. Retrieved January 21, 2006. 

v t e Quarters of Saint Lucia Anse-la-Raye Castries Choiseul Dauphin Dennery Gros Islet Laborie Micoud Praslin Soufrière Vieux Fort