Country France Department Gironde Intercommunality Captieux-Grignols Area 119.3 km² Arrondissement Langon | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Captieux Population (2008) 1,385 Local time Thursday 8:47 PM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Captieux is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Map of 33840 Captieux, 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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