Captieux
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Captieux | ||
| 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 | |
| Government | ||
| • 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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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.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 1,358 | — |
| 1968 | 1,646 | +21.2% |
| 1975 | 1,669 | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 1,742 | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 1,707 | −2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,503 | −12.0% |
| 2008 | 1,385 | −7.9% |
See also
References
- ↑ "Itinéraire à grand gabarit : Transport des pièces de l'Airbus A380 entre Langon et Toulouse : Aménagements réalisés à Captieux" (in French). IGG.FR. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
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