Captieux

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

Captieux
The church in Captieux
Coat of arms
Location of Captieux
Captieux
Captieux
Coordinates: 44°17′34″N 0°15′32″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLangon
CantonLe Sud-Gironde
IntercommunalityBazadais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Christine Luquedey
Area
1
119.33 km2 (46.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,281
  Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33095 /33840
Elevation69–136 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.

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,358    
19681,646+21.2%
19751,669+1.4%
19821,742+4.4%
19901,707−2.0%
19991,503−12.0%
20081,385−7.9%

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