Captieux | |
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The church in Captieux | |
Coordinates: 44°17′34″N 0°15′32″W / 44.2928°N 0.2589°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Langon |
Canton | Le Sud-Gironde |
Intercommunality | Bazadais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christine Luquedey[1] |
Area 1 | 119.33 km2 (46.07 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,336 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 33095 /33840 |
Elevation | 69–136 m (226–446 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Captieux (French pronunciation: [kapsjø]; Occitan: Capsiuts) is a commune of Southwestern France, located in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine).
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, the U.S. Army's 23,000-acre 571st Ordnance Ammunition Command (Captieux Ordnance Depot) was situated southwest of the village.[3][4]
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.[5]