Captieux
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 44°17′34″N 0°15′32″W / 44.2928°N 0.2589°WCoordinates: 44°17′34″N 0°15′32″W / 44.2928°N 0.2589°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Captieux | |
| Intercommunality | Captieux-Grignols | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Georges Bernard | |
| Area1 | 119.33 km2 (46.07 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,385 | |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33095 /33840 | |
| Elevation | 69–136 m (226–446 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Captieux is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It lies near the border with the Landes and the Lot-et-Garonne departments.
The commune is in the east of the Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne.
Between 1950 and 1967, there was an American army base and a large ammunition storage near the village.
The Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, a route which has been modified to allow its use by the oversize road convoys conveying body sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner, bypasses Captieux using a specially created private track about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east of the village.
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