Cestas

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Cestas

Total population

16,789

Elevation33 m

Land area99.57 km²

Coordinates44.74°, -0.68°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cestas is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Jean Eustache

French film director and editor (1938–1981)

Alizée Dufraisse

French rock climber

B

Bertrand de Gorostarzu

C

Céline Aversenq

French publisher

J

James Poncet

French association football player (1925-2001)

J

Jean Degans

J

Julien Lescarret

French matador

Lucien Boyer

French singer (1876–1942)

Myriam Korfanty

French handball player

Mélissa Le Nevé

French rock climber

Patrice Brun

French historian (1953-)

R

Raphaël Lagarde

French rugby union player

R

René Persillon

French association football player (1919–1997)

R

Roger Tailleur

French journalist and film critic (1927-1985)

S

Salvat Etchart

French writer (1924-1985)

S

Stanislas Breton

French philosopher and theologian (1912–2005)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• La Brède
  8.7 mi away · pop. 4,469
• Camblanes-et-Meynac
  9.9 mi away · pop. 3,093
• Isle-Saint-Georges
  10.4 mi away · pop. 520
• Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
  12.1 mi away · pop. 7,583
• Artigues-près-Bordeaux
  12.5 mi away · pop. 8,623
• Lignan-de-Bordeaux
  13.1 mi away · pop. 836
• Bassens
  13.8 mi away · pop. 7,842
• Le Pian-Médoc
  14.8 mi away · pop. 7,105
• Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret
  14.9 mi away · pop. 884
• Haux
  15.3 mi away · pop. 837
• Sainte-Eulalie
  15.4 mi away · pop. 4,925
• Sallebœuf
  15.8 mi away · pop. 2,728

Browse all places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Ant Comb-Footed Spider

Asagena phalerata

Seen 2026-09-27

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-27

Inornate Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta inornatalis

Seen 2026-09-27

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-26

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Seen 2026-09-26

Lime seed bug

Oxycarenus lavaterae

Seen 2026-09-26

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-26

Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris

Seen 2026-09-26

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers